Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety
The LPfRS aim to reduce the deaths and serious injuries on our roads through promoting:
- The wearing of seatbelts and child restraints
- Non drinking and drug driving
- Driving at appropriate speeds, within the speed limits
- The non use of mobile phones while driving
The Partnership's goal is to save lives across Lancashire, reduce injury and disability and make Lancashire a safer place in which to walk, ride and drive. By doing this we are contributing to the Government's 2010 road casualty reduction targets.
In Lancashire this will mean:
- A total of 40 lives saved
- 580 fewer people seriously injured
- 760 fewer people slightly injured
The Partners working together to make this happen are: Lancashire Constabulary, Lancashire County Council, Blackburn with Darwen Unitary Authority, Blackpool Council, NHS organisations, Highways Agency, Her Majesty's Court Service and Government Office North West and the Lancashire Fire & Rescue Service.
A representative from each of these partner organisations sits on the Partnership Project Board. These people are:
- Peter O'Brien, Assistant Chief Fire Officer - Lancashire Fire and Rescue Service (Chair of the Board)
- Steve Whitehouse, Project Manager - Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety
- Vali Birang, Head of Traffic and Safety - Lancashire County Council
- Christine King, Head of Combined Finance Team - Lancashire County Council
- Claire Waterhouse, Casualty Reduction Manager - Blackburn with Darwen Road Safety Group
- Peter Cross, Head of Transportation - Blackpool Road Safety Group
- Jon Donnelly, Chief Inspector Road Policing - Lancashire Constabulary
- Graham Ainslie, Court Manager - Her Majesty's Court Services
- Amy Williams, Route Performance Manager - Highways Agency
The Partnership concentrates on the primary causes of death on our roads:
- Speeding
- Drink driving
- Drug driving
- Non-wearing of seat belts/child restraints
- Use of mobile phones while driving
The priority is to change the behaviour of drivers through education, training and on-going publicity campaigns.
Enforcement only applies to those who refuse to change their behaviour and is a LAST RESORT.
Website : www.wastedlives.co.uk
Wasted Lives
The Wasted Lives Programme, delivered FREE by experienced Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety facilitators, is one full day dedicated to challenging new and soon-to-be young drivers’ attitudes to the risks associated with driving.
So what does it involve?
Modules delivered include:
- Fast and Loose
When is fast too fast? Seat belts; are they boring or a no-brainer? Studded with hard hitting DVD clips, participants will volunteer contributory factors to crashes, try to rank them and also examine the consequences. - Risk It?
A highly interactive session with bean bags, beer goggles, breathalysers and bar trips! Participants will learn what a unit of alcohol is, how long it stays in the blood and what happens if you risk drinking and driving and get caught. - Fit to Drive?
Cannabis, Cocaine, Ecstasy, Speed and even prescription drugs impair the senses. Participants, through group based research with input from experts, will learn what these drugs look like, what they do to the body, what they do to driving ability and undergo. Field Impairment Tests police carry out on suspected drug drivers. The module culminates in groups presenting their findings.
”I had no idea taking drugs could affect your driving so much”.
- Missing Matthew
Powerful, award winning film, ‘Missing Matthew,’ is a true story of how Matthew (22) lost his life in a horrific crash, racing his best mate. One moment of madness snuffed out his life which was so full of promise. His parents tell the harrowing story and leave us in no doubt about the widespread devastation such a loss causes. Interactive follow up activities explore the consequences of making the wrong decision. - What’s the point?
A plenary session of group presentations summing up what has been discovered, what thought processes have been evoked, how the day has affected them and what it means for their future attitudes and behaviour. Will they tackle any of the issues raised with a friend? Or perhaps feel strongly enough to start a campaign?
“I believe I am taking something away from today. The shocking pictures brought it home and made me realise this could be me or my mates.”
Optional Modules
- Spot the fault
A competition to spot all the faults hidden in a short film. Prizes are awarded for the most problems identified from basic vehicle safety defects to legal responsibilities and driving behaviour. - Crash Investigator
An interactive session where learners become crash investigators. Using a computer simulated programme to view a crash scene from all angles, they gather evidence and interview witnesses before filing their accident report of how and why it happened. The actual crash sequence is revealed at the end.
Interested? Or know someone who would benefit from taking part?
Contact Us www.wastedlives.co.uk