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Northern Ireland Road Safety Research Programme 2010/11 - Final Update

The Northern Ireland Road Safety Research Programme 2010/11 - Final Update contains details about research projects which were carried out in 2010/11 and includes surveys and investigations into road safety problems or issues.

The Northern Ireland Road Safety Research Programme 2011/12 contains details about research projects which are planned for 2011/2012 and includes surveys and investigations into road safety problems or issues.  

The following research projects have been carried out to investigate specific road safety issues in Northern Ireland.

This assignment was to carry out a review of the RSEOS and make recommendations for the future provision of relevant and appropriate road safety services. The review was conducted in the context of addressing action measure 144 of the Road Safety Strategy to 2020 (144 We will undertake a review of Road Safety Education Services and resourcesto ensure that they appropriately address today's road safety issues.).

Business Consultancy Services part of the Department of Finance and Personnel, were appointed to carry out the review.  TRL Ltd were contracted to provide independent, technical knowledge on certain aspects of the review.

The project aimed to provide an in-depth investigation (using both quantitative and qualitative analysis) into the road safety of children and young people in rural areas of Northern Ireland and recommend action measures to reduce these casualties.

This purpose of this project was to build on the findings of  earlier research in this area (see Deprivation and Child Pedestrian Casualties Research below), and assist DOE and its road safety partners to develop a comprehensive programme of action measures to address the increased road safety risk faced by children living in deprived areas.

Four research projects were carried out as part of the preparation of Northern Ireland's Road Safety Strategy to 2020 both to investigate specific road safety issues in Northern Ireland and to support the development of targets and indicators for the strategy. These are listed below.

This project aimed to investigate whether or not there is evidence suggesting a link in Northern Ireland between child pedestrian casualties and the deprivation of the area in which the collision occurred (measured by the NI Multiple Deprivation Measure (NIMDM)). If such evidence was found then further investigations would be carried out to determine the nature and cause(s) of the link.  The final report can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

The objectives of this report were to identify the likely causes and influencing factors of motorcycle casualties and collisions through an in depth investigation of relevant statistics and rider and other drivers' behaviour and attitudes.  The project also aimed to recommend appropriate action measures to reduce casualty numbers.  The final report can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

Report on Motorcycle Casualties in Northern Ireland (pdf 4MB)

The objectives of this project were to forecast the number of casualties in 2020 and support the Department in the consideration and development of appropriate casualty reduction targets and performance indicators. Work was also carried out on devloping a vision for Northern Ireland.  The final reports can be accessed by clicking on the links below.

The objectives of this project were to design an appropriate approach to benchmarking road safety in NI, to carry out a benchmarking exercise for NI and identify a suitable partner or series of partners within GB.  If no suitable partners were found then a composite model was to be created as a benchmark comparator.  The final report can be accessed by clicking on the link below.

Report on Benchmarking Road Safety in NI (pdf 1.5MB)