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Road Safety

Road safety is part of the Environment Department mandate and is an important element of its Traffic Services Unit's work. Existing initiatives such as Compulsory Basic Training for motorcyclists and mandatory Theory Test prior to practical driving tests, are designed to encourage motorists to improve their knowledge and develop road skills.

The Department is also looking to introduce a register of driving instructors which would eventually lead to it becoming necessary for those persons taking payment for teaching people to drive to be qualified to an agreed standard.

From time to time the Department does introduce initiatives designed to achieve road safety benefits. For example, lower speed limits near schools and on the approaches to Parish centres, physical calming measures on public housing estates and accident reduction measures at difficult road junctions.

The Traffic Services Unit also advises its colleagues in the Planning Services section of the Department concerning the road safety and traffic management implications of proposed development. This can be for example on projects of significant scale such as at Admiral Park or more minor applications such as to widen a pedestrian gateway for vehicular use. In providing input, road safety issues are at the forefront of any comments provided.

Regular meetings are held between the Traffic Services Unit and the Traffic Section of Guernsey Police. As a result of these, the Police have committed to improve the way that road traffic accident data is collected to ensure that it is more useful for the Department when investigating accident causation. Good lines of communication exist to jointly identify where there are road safety and traffic management issues, investigate remedial measures and to encourage enforcement measures where necessary.

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