Tomorrow's roads: safer for everyone

Foreword
Road accidents
Implementation timetable - Strategy
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Babies and young children
Child seats in cars
Primary age children
Older children
Wales
Scotland
Introduction
Background
Action plan
A safer start
A more structured approach to learning to drive
Raising the standard of tuition offered by driving instructors
Standards of conduct
Keeping the driving test up to date
The theory test
Hazard perception testing
The practical driving test
Post-test driving improvements
Better driving standards for lorries and buses
Work-related road safety
A new role for the driving standards agency
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Drink-driving
Background
Action plan: measures to reduce drink-driving
Penalties for 'high risk offenders'
Rehabilitation courses
Drink-drive publicity
Targeted breath testing
Evidential roadside testing
The drink-drive limit
Drugs and driving
Background
Action plan: Tackling drug-driving
Drowsiness
Background
Action plan: work-related driver fatigue
Publicity and advice on drowsiness
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Planning for safety
The Highways Agency
Design and construction
Monitoring
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Increasing awareness
Appropriate vehicle speeds
High speed roads
Rural single carriageway roads
Urban areas
Speed management policy
Self-explaining roads
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Accident prevention
Better protection for vehicle occupants
Side and frontal crash protection in cars
Better protection for other road users
Quality control and detection of faults
Better standards of vehicle maintenance
'Joined-up' services from government agencies
Longer-term developments
Intelligent speed limiters
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Advisory group on motorcycling
Improving basic training and testing
Engineering and technical measures
Reducing the effects of accidents
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Pedestrians
Cyclists
Horse riders
Drivers
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Effective road traffic law enforcement
Understanding and respect for road traffic law
Appropriate penalties
Introduction
Summary of the strategy
Background
Action plan
Government advertising and promotion
Wider partnerships
Commercial advertising

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Tomorrow's roads: safer for everyone

Table of contents

Policy, guidance and research

See also

Department for Transport

Transport agencies

Transport bodies

UK Government

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