Rosemary Butler AM


Assembly road safety targets are working

A new report from the Welsh Assembly shows that money spent through local councils on road safety is dramatically reducing serious accidents. For the year 2005/6, £332,000 was given to Newport City Council by the Assembly to pay for more road safety projects. 

A consultant’s report to the Assembly today revealed that across Wales ninety people a year are being saved from death or serious injury and serious traffic collisions are down by 372 incidents each year, thanks to the extra cash.

Newport West AM Rosemary Butler said:“The Assembly launched a road safety strategy three years ago to cut adult casualties by 40% and child casualties by 50% by 2010.This independent report today shows that we are well on our way to doing this.

“Fewer roads accidents means our ambulances, hospitals and health services have more money for other needs – today’s report says we’re saving up to £32 million a year in Wales thanks to extra spending on road safety.  

 

 

‘The Assembly introduced the Local Road Safety Grants in 2000 – and the £332,000 given to Newport City Council has been used to pay for a whole range of road safety measures”, she said. “The report shows that new traffic lights, 20 mph zones, mini-roundabouts and road visibility improvements are getting the best results in reducing accidents.”

Next Thursday (December 14th at 2.30), Mrs Butler will be opening a new Assembly financed roundabout at Duffryn near the The Stonehouse public house as part of the road safety strategy.

Money is also being used to make it safer for parents and children to walk to school, for older people to get around and to teach road safety lessons to pre-school and primary school children in Newport.

December 8

 

 
                                                         
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