Decision

This Council recognises that: 
 

There are different approaches to
Road Safety outside of schools depending on the location and type
of educational establishment.
A child being hit by a vehicle
travelling at 20mph is 5 times more likely to survive than being
hit by a vehicle travelling at 30mph.
At 20mph, a driver has more time to
react and stop before impact and lower speeds directly lower injury
severity.
Many areas in the UK have adopted
20mph advisory zones, especially near schools and residential
streets – not just to slow traffic, but to save lives.

 
This Council commits to receiving a report
within six months, to be presented to the Communities Overview and
Scrutiny Committee before going forward to Cabinet, outlining
practical measures to extend safe passage for all pupils across
Warwickshire and ensure they can access education
safely.  The report will consider the
following actions:
 

Continue to prioritise school
crossing patrols where a need is identified by Highways officers,
subject to available funding and risk assessment.
Investigate proposals for all new
schools, and extensions to existing schools, to include an
assessment of safe crossings, with a view to incorporating funding
and planning for safe crossings and/or traffic-calming measures as
part of the design process.
Explore opportunities for
developer-funded safe crossings near schools, where appropriate and
feasible, during the planning consultation stage for developments
of more than eight dwellings.
Review the current criteria used by
Warwickshire County Council for setting 20mph speed limits and
assess how these are applied to roads adjacent to schools.
Work with the Warwickshire Road
Safety Partnership to assess the feasibility of introducing
additional average speed cameras across the county, prioritising
locations near educational establishments where collision data and
risk analysis support their introduction.