Websites campaigning for community safety
Don’t forget you can go to Brake’s community pages here for a wealth of advice on reducing speed limits and getting other road safety measures put into your community, such as cycle paths and pavements. Listed below are some more websites that can help. At the bottom of this list you will find sites particularly relating to cycle safety.
BBC map of road deaths in your area
Online BBC investigation into road deaths, including an interactive map enabling you to look up deaths in your area of Britain
www.20splentyforus.org.uk
Explains the benefit of campaigning for 20mph zones in UK communities
http://www.homezonenews.org.uk
For the latest news about Home Zones, by the UK’s Childrens’ Play Council
http://www.quiet-lanes.gov.uk
Info on Quiet Lanes - a UK initiative aiming to slow down minor rural roads, by the UK’s Department for Transport
http://www.slower-speeds.org.uk
For facts about the dangers of speed, including news and information on current campaigns
http://www.sustrans.org.uk
For information about the National Cycle Network, Safe Routes and Home Zones, by Sustrans
http://www.travelwise.org.uk
For information on the costs of various traffic calming measures
http://www.dft.gov.uk
Downloadable reports from the UK’s Department for Transport, including regional casualty data, guidance for local authorities, and research
http://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk
Road safety campaign by the UK’s Department for Transport covering a wide range of topics
http://www.rospa.com
Range of resources from safety charity RoSPA
www.bettertransport.org.uk The Campaign for Better Transport tackles local traffic and transport problems, and promoting public transport. Runs national campaigns and gives local advice
www.cpre.org.uk Produces a variety of reports and guidance on campaigning for road safety and sustainable transport schemes, including key issues such as slow speed limits and quiet lanes in rural areas
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation One of the UK’s largest social policy research and development charities. Has produced information on Home Zones (speed controlled residential areas that prioritise pedestrians) and other social concerns relevant in particular to child and community safety.
www.livingstreets.org.uk A national charity campaigning for better streets and public space for people on foot including people walking to work and school
CYCLING ORGANISATIONS AND RESOURCES
Bicycle Helmet Initiative Trust
Information on the importance of helmets
BikeAbility
Provides cycle training courses
www.skillzonwheelz.com Safe cycling website for teenagers, by the Department for Transport
RoSPA UK charity producing leaflets for cyclists and parents and teachers, including advice for very young cyclists as well as guidance on maintenance and helmets
Road Safety Scotland For training materials for road safety professionals working in primary schools training children on safe cycling, as part of the Scottish Cycle Training Scheme
CTC
UK cycling organisation giving advice on cycling safely and selling hivis cycle clothing
Cyclecraft by John Franklin Book for adults on cycling techniques
Cycling England
For information on funding for cycle routes and developments in cycle routes in England
