The Barnsley Safer Roads Partnership focuses on enhancing road safety across Barnsley. This partnership brings together key stakeholders and groups, each playing a vital role. Their aim is to promote safer road use, reduce accidents, and improve overall community safety.
Our partners
- Barnsley Council: Manage, maintain and improve local roads and implement safety measures.
- South Yorkshire Police: Provide enforcement and ensure compliance with traffic laws. They target dangerous driving such as speeding, drink-driving, and mobile phone use while driving.
- South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue: Support with emergency response and education. They also offer community outreach programs to raise awareness about road safety.
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service: Provide critical medical response and support. They ensure timely care in the event of road incidents.
- Highways England: Manage the strategic road network in and around Barnsley. They work on major projects and safety improvements.
- Public Health Barnsley: Focus on reducing road related injuries and fatalities. They do this through health promotion and awareness campaigns.
Work and initiatives
- Road safety campaigns: The partnership regularly runs awareness campaigns. These target issues like speeding, seatbelt use, and the dangers of driving under the influence.
- Education programs: Working with schools and community groups, the partnership delivers various workshops. These target young drivers, cyclists, and pedestrians and teach safe road practices.
- Engineering improvements: Continuing to assess and enhance roads. This includes better signage, road markings, and adding traffic calming measures if needed.
- Enforcement actions: Increased police presence on high-risk roads. Strategic use of speed cameras to deter and penalize dangerous driving.
- Data analysis: Collection and analysis of accident data. This is to identify high-risk areas and inform any action that needs to be taken.
- Community engagement: Active involvement with the local area to address specific road safety concerns. Gather feedback to tailor any safety measures.
Through these group efforts, the Barnsley Safer Roads Partnership is committed to reducing road accidents. This will protect vulnerable road users, and foster a culture of safe driving within the Barnsley area.
