In 2020, the number of people killed or seriously injured (KSIs) on the SRN fell dramatically and National Highways met its target to reduce KSIs to 40% against a 2005- 2009 baseline.
Thats according to a recently published (8th February) report from there Office of Rail and Road.
Most of the data included in this year’s report is for the first year of the second five-year road period (2020-21).
Entitled Benchmarking National Highways the report did also note that the reduction in killed and seriously injured on the network was, in 2020, primarily due to lower traffic levels due to national lockdowns as a result of Covid.
Each of the regions experienced similar long-term reductions in casualties (of all severities). Our analysis shows that the Midlands has seen the largest reduction (56% in 2019 against 2005-09 levels) whilst the South East (including the M25 which is operated via a Design Build Finance Operate – DBFO - contract) has seen the smallest reduction (35% in 2019).
Sneha Patel, Deputy Director of Highways at ORR said: “Our annual benchmarking report this year has led to greater transparency around National Highways’ performance and will incentivise its regions to improve further.
“We’ve now got a four-fold increase in the number of performance indicators that National Highways must report on: that’s a considerable step forward.
“However, there continue to be significant regional differences and we expect National Highways to apply the lessons it has learned about what works well in one region to other parts of the country as part of the steps it will take to meet all national-level targets by 2024‑25.”
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