Road Safety Group
Objective: to promote and help improve road safety in the Murrayfield Community Council area to:
Reduce the risk of accidents, collisions and injuries for all, whether road users or pedestrians
Improve drivers’ behaviour in relation to the 20 mph limits
Support pedestrian safety, mobility, access to pavements and crossings, and so reduce social exclusion and improve access to local facilities
Support safer cycling
Responsible to: Murrayfield Community Council (MCC).
Membership: residents of MCC area, as agreed by MCC.
Invitation
We invite MCC residents to provide news of relevant road safety issues and developments.
If you want a project in your area to be displayed on this page please contact secretary@murrayfieldcc.org.uk. We'll consider photos and short descriptions. Residents in your area can then look for updates on this page (https://murrayfieldcc.org.uk/road-safety-group) or better still subscribe to the free newsletter below.
We can arrange to put you in touch with the Road Safety Group with whom you could share your experience of improving road safety in your area.
News and Updates
Updates to projects are posted below by date of update. To be notified of project updates, sign up to the free Community Council newsletter.
Resources
Road Safety Group Working Papers. A range of notes and working papers about these resources and our projects can be found on this Google Drive.
City of Edinburgh Council Road Safety. The key Council Committee is the Transport & Environment Committee (TEC): you can find the members of the committee and their business with this link. An example of a local community submission to TEC can be found under Ellersly-Kinellan in our working notes.
Scotland and Road Safety: 20 mph speed limits. he framework for speed limits of 20 mph in Scotland is set out by Transport Scotland in this 19 page document.
Community Speed Watch. This is a volunteer speed monitoring scheme supported by Police Scotland in some parts of Scotland. Click here for our working notes on this.
Changes in 2022 edition of the Highway Code.The revised Highway Code of 2022 (see the changes here) fundamentally changed the status of pedestrians and cyclists relative to the drivers of motor vehicles, yet its provisions are not widely known. Click here for our working notes on this.
RoSPA: Road Safety resources. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents publishes a range of road safety resources which can be found here.