Road Safety (Crime & Community Safety)

The partners included Somerset County Council, Devon & Somerset Fire & Rescue Service, NHS Trusts, Highways Agency, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and Safecam (Safety Camera Partnership). It is a key objective of the Partnership to reduce casualty rates in line with agreed targets.

Somerset Road Safety Casualty Review: 2008-10

Key Facts:

• In 2010 there were 1272 injury collisions on Somerset roads, resulting in 1792 casualties. Of these, 32 were fatal, 206 serious and 1554 were slight injuries.
• The total number of injuries resulting from collisions on roads in Somerset in 2010 fell by 20% during the time under review; from 2228 in 2008 to 1792 in 2010.
• The KSI (killed or seriously injured) casualty figure for 2010 was 9 casualties below the target figure for that year.
• From 2008 to 2009 the number of KSI casualties rose by 11% but then fell by 22% from 2009 to 2010.
  
• There were 17 KSI child casualties in 2010, a reduction of 26% when compared with 2009. This figure is the actual target set for 2010.
• The total number of child casualties in 2009 was reduced by 6% to 146 in 2010.
• The number of children injured as car passengers was reduced by 27% during the three years under review.
• The 2010 figure of 1554 slight casualties represents a reduction of 9% (161) casualties when compared with 2009 and a reduction of 400 casualties (20%) when compared with 2008.
• The number of slight casualties in 2010 was 636 casualties (29%) below the target for that year.
• The number of 16-24 year olds sustaining fatal or serious injuries in Somerset in 2010 was 43% below the 2009 figure.
  
• There was only 1 fatality in the 16-24 year age group in 2010 compared with 6 in 2009 (decrease of 83%) and 8 in 2008 (decrease of 88%).
• 53% of all casualties sustained in 2010 were the result of collisions on “A” class roads.