Safety on Rural Roads

[Jane Hodgetts]

I’m a Parish Councillor in rural Herefordshire, and was recently involved in an accident on a rural road. I’m looking to find more information about road safety on rural roads – any help much appreciated.

[Martin Evans]

Hello Jane, Perhaps you can be more specific in your question?

Just to say Rural Roads have a relatively poor record in regards to fatal/serious crashes (high speed and potentially dangerous) when compared to:
Motorways (which are the safest by far)
Dual Carriageways (high speed but not many crashes)
Town roads (lots of crashes but mostly low speed).

Tell us more about your concern/query.

[Sarah Collins]

Hi Jayne
You have an excellent Road Safety Team who I am sure would be keen to help out: roadsafety@herefordshire.gov.uk.

[Kate Carpenter]

Hi Jane, useful rural roads synopsis info here (and many other good documents for reference): https://www.rospa.com/road-safety/projects/road-safety-observatory

Kind regards,
Kate

[Andrew Fraser]

… and RoSPA also provide a fact sheet:

https://www.rospa.com/road-safety/advice/roads/rural-road-safety

[Julie Freeman]

Dear Jane
Please get in touch with roadsafety@herefordshire.gov.uk with details of the help you are looking for.

Kind regards
Julie Freeman

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