What they can offer

The Road Safety Unit strives to provide the best possible value for money for their customer groups, by ensuring a consistent level of consultation, development, implementation and evaluation of programmes. They offer expertise, local knowledge and personal services, providing data led education, training and awareness - raising programmes to support regional, county and local road safety issues.

The Road Safety Unit offers a selection of training. This includes a wide variety of driver training courses such as advanced driver training, minibus driver assessments and training, specific courses for 17-24 year old drivers, courses for older drivers, driver improvement schemes, tailor made presentations on various aspects of driving e.g. winter driving, in-car safety, drinking and driving.

School based INSET and workshops for primary and secondary staff, packages to support the curriculum, pre-driver education, training and support for cycle instructors countywide, workshops and training for pre-school leaders.

The Road Safety Unit manages the school crossing patrol service within the Hertfordshire Police area.

Statutory Duties

The County Council as the highways authority, has a duty under the Road Traffic Act 1988 to carry out a programme of measures designed to promote road safety;

'Each local authority must in the light of studies, take such measures as appear to be appropriate to prevent accidents, including the dissemination of information and advice relating to the use of roads, publicity and education, practical training to road users in any class or description of road user, in addition to that which they receive whilst using the road, through signs, signals and other highway traffic emergency methods'.

Resources and Information

The Road Safety Unit have a wide range of exhibitions, posters and leaflets focusing on various road safety issues such as car safety, speeding and eyesight testing.

Contact

Head of Road Safety,
County Hall, Pegs Lane, Hertford, SG13 8DN. Telephone: (01992 556800)