Road Safety
One of Northern Constabulary’s main strategic priorities is to provide safer roads with reduced deaths, injury and crime.
Northern Constabulary has adopted and supports the ACPOS Scottish Road Policing Framework 2009 – 2012 which is based on the five pillars of Education, Enforcement, Engineering, Encouragement and Evaluation. Action is taken on specific areas of national importance including children, young drivers, rural roads, drink/drug driving, seat belt compliance, the use of mobile telephones and the impact on our communities by speeding motorists.
The vision of the Framework – Making Scotlands Roads Safer – will be delivered by targeted action to;
- Reduce the number of persons injured on our roads
- Deny criminals the use of our roads
- Reduce antisocial use of our roads
- Enhance reassurance by patrolling our roads
- Tackle the threat of terrorism
Northern Constabulary works closely with it’s partner agencies in Road Safety to deliver sustainable solutions to reduce the number of casualties on our roads. The Northern Safety Camera Partnership is operated by Northern Constabulary on behalf of the partner organisations.
In 1999 the Government challenged the country to reduce deaths and injury on our roads, and set demanding targets for progressive improvement over ten years, based on the average number of casualties between 1994 and 1998.
For more information please refer to the Fatal Collision Statistics document within the Statistics, campaigns and information section on this page.
There are three specific targets:
- 40% reduction in killed and seriously injured casualties by 2010
- 50% reduction in children killed and seriously injured casualties by 2010
- 10% reduction in the slight casualty rate, expressed as the number of people slightly injured per 100 million vehicle kilometres
Northern Constabulary is fully committed to achieving the Government targets for casualty reduction.
The Force operates the national Bikesafe scheme to encourage safer motorcycling.
Donald Geddes - Road safety campaign
Information about the work that Donald Geddes has been involved in with Police to promote road safety
The Scottish Good Egg Guide to In-Car Child Safety
The Scottish Good Egg Guide to In-car Child safety is an initiative supported by Road Safety Scotland, ACPOS and Arnold Clark. To find out more please visit the Good Egg Guide website.
Statistics, campaigns and information
- Northern Constabulary Fatal Road Collision Statistics 2006 to present (PDF format)
- Traffic Scotland - Bad weather leaflet (PDF format)
- Road Safety - National and Local Campaigns Diary 2011/2012 (PDF format)
- Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2020 (PDF Format)
- Young Drivers' Guide to road safety (PDF Format)