Other Relevant Websites
Strathclyde Safety Camera Partnership works towards shared road safety goals and in association with many other bodies throughout Scotland and the UK as whole. Some of these are public bodies and others are charities or representative organisations.
A77 Safety Group
www.a77safetygroup.co.ukThe A77 Safety Group was set up in 2004 to ensure that there is a structured and co-ordinated approach to the elements of engineering, education, encouragement and enforcement on the A77 to the benefit of all road users and the communities that the road serves.
DVLA
www.dvla.gov.ukThe Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is an Executive Agency of the Department for Transport (DfT). Its primary aims are to facilitate road safety and general law enforcement by maintaining registers of drivers and vehicles, and to collect vehicle excise duty (car tax).
Road Safety West of Scotland
www.roadsafetywestscotland.comRoad Safety West of Scotland is a partnership, between 12 local authorities, Strathclyde Police and Strathclyde Fire & Rescue, that pulls together the various professional expertise required to deliver effective road safety education, encouragement, engineering and enforcement programmes.
The Highway Code
www.direct.gov.uk/highwaycodeThe Highway Code is essential reading for everyone. Its rules apply to all road users: drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists, pedestrians as well as horse riders.
Many of the rules in the Code are legal requirements, and if you disobey these rules you are committing a criminal offence and The Highway Code may be used in evidence in any court proceedings under Traffic Acts to establish liability.
Scottish Court Service
www.scotcourts.gov.ukThis site provides a single access point for information relating to civil and criminal courts within Scotland.
Road Safety Scotland
www.roadsafetyscotland.org.ukRoad Safety Scotland was formerly known as the Scottish Road Safety Campaign and was founded in 1985. It is funded by the Scottish Executive to develop and co-ordinate Scotland’s wide road safety initiatives and campaigns. Road Safety Scotland works closely with all local authority and police road safety units in an attempt to ensure a co-ordinated approach to road safety in Scotland.
Traffic Scotland
www.trafficscotland.orgTraffic Scotland provides real-time Traffic Information including information on incidents, current roadworks, weather and congestion. Information is also provided about future roadworks and events. Additionally, live-eye-view images of traffic conditions on a limited selection of locations can be observed on the web site.
Department for Transport
www.dft.gov.ukThe Department for Transport’s website contains information on the Government’s Road Safety Strategy and its targets for reducing the number of road deaths and injuries by 2010. In addition there is information about Government policies and initiatives and advice for all road users.
Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents
www.rospa.co.uk/roadsafety/The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents raises awareness about the causes of road accidents and promotes measures to help prevent them or reduce their severity. It provides information, education, training and publicity resources and services for road users and road safety professionals.
Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance
www.scorsa.org.ukThe Scottish Occupational Road Safety Alliance (ScORSA) was created to provide free information and support to assist Small and Medium Sized businesses to raise awareness of managing occupational road risk.
Around the Corner
www.aroundthecorner.org.ukA website containing useful information about motorcycling in Scotland, written by bikers for bikers.
Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS)
www.pacts.org.ukThe Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is a registered charity and an associate Parliamentary Group. Its charitable objective is "To promote transport safety legislation to protect human life". Its aim is to advise and inform members of the House of Commons and of the House of Lords on air, rail and road safety issues. It brings together safety professionals and legislators to identify research-based solutions to transport safety problems having regard to cost, effectiveness, achievability and acceptability.
RoadPeace
www.roadpeace.orgRoadPeace is a UK national charity set up in February 1992 that is dedicated to supporting bereaved and injured road crash victims. RoadPeace works for road safety - to reduce the causes of road crashes and make sure that lessons are learnt to prevent similar deaths and injuries from occurring. RoadPeace works with many transport campaigning and social justice groups and is a founder member of the Safer Streets Coalition, the Slower Speeds Initiative and Children and Traffic Coalition. It also researches and documents the experiences of road crash victims, using the findings to inform and influence policy makers, agencies, the media and the public.
Brake
www.brake.org.ukBrake is a national road safety charity (registration number 1093244) with two aims:
- To prevent death and injury on the roads through education of all road users and campaigning for Government improvements to road safety.
- · To care for people who are bereaved or affected by serious injury in a road crash through support services, including a helpline and literature distributed through police officers.
Bike Safe
www.bikesafe.co.ukBikeSafe is an initiative run by Police Forces around the United Kingdom who work with the whole of the biking world to help to lower the number of motorcycle rider casualties. By passing on their knowledge, skills and experience, police motorcyclists can help you become a safer more competent rider.
Think Road Safety
think.direct.gov.uk/For news of recent campaigns and road safety advice to keep everyone safer on the UK's roads. You can download leaflets, factsheets and posters for more information and there are links to other sites you might find useful.
Make Roads Safe Campaign
www.makeroadssafe.orgMake Roads Safe is an international campaign to put global road traffic injuries on the G8 and UN sustainability agendas.
Building on the work of the Commission for Global Road Safety, the Make Roads Safe campaign aims to raise public and political awareness of a global road traffic injury epidemic that kills at least 3000 people, and 500 children, every day.
Institute of Advanced Motorists
www.iam.org.ukThe aims and objectives of the Institute of Advanced Motorists (the IAM) are:-
To improve the standard of driving (and riding) on the UK roads.
The Advancement of Road Safety.
The Administration of an Advanced Test.
Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland
www.acpos.police.ukThe Association of Chief Police Officers in Scotland is the collective organisation of Chief Constables, Deputy Chief Constables and Assistant Chief Constables from the eight Police forces in Scotland. Formally a staff association, ACPOS has evolved to the strategic body which oversees and co-ordinates all aspects of the direction and development of the Scottish Police Service as a whole. Senior support staff and superintending ranks are also involved in its business. Developments are overseen by the Council of Chief Constables beneath which are eight standing committees focusing on a particular aspect of the service