Speed Strategy

Summary

Strategic Aim

The purpose of the Speed Management Strategy is to address both 'excess' and ' inappropriate' speed on the roads in County Durham and Darlington, in order to reduce casualties and improve the quality of life for people who live in the area and those travelling within it.

Key Objectives

To reduce accidents and casualties, in terms of both numbers and severity.
To improve the quality of life in local communities.
To reduce the risk to vulnerable road users.
To create a safer and calmer traffic environment by reducing excessive and inappropriate speed.
To improve driver behaviour.
To create a positive attitude to the effects of speed by all road users.
To reduce the demand upon the Health Service and other public services.

Approaches

Education, Encouragement, Engineering and Enforcement.

The Speed Management Strategy has recently been revised and can be accessed by clicking on the following link, which will open up a PDF file containing the document. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view this information.
PDF Icon Speed Management Strategy.pdf (48 pages, 1887kb)

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