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Road safety schemes

As a member of the South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership, we work with partners to make our roads safer for drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. Our aim is to reduce the number of people killed or injured on the borough's roads.

We also work with local schools to promote road safety, through training, activities and resources. We do this to help children and young people develop their road safety awareness.

Reviewing the road network

We review the whole of our road network annually, carrying out road safety audits and analysing road traffic collisions that result in personal injury. We can then take steps to reduce and prevent similar collisions.

Where we identify a safety concern, based on evidence of personal injury collisions, we can introduce measures to improve road safety and the flow of traffic. This may include:

• yellow lines
• traffic lights
• pedestrian crossings
• school crossing patrols
• cycle lanes
• speed limits
• speed indicator devices

Introducing new safety measures

Before introducing a new road safety measure, we'll carry out an assessment of the road network in the area. We'll make sure that any improvements we're proposing in one area won't have a detrimental effect in another, by moving the safety concern or causing a build-up of traffic elsewhere.

We carry out any improvements on a 'worst first' basis, subject to funding availability.

Some of the measures we introduce require a Traffic Regulation Order (TRO). This is a lengthy legal process, involving consultation with the police and other emergency services, councillors, and people who live in the local area.