Go Safe on Scotland’s Roads – it’s Everyone’s Responsibility

This document sets out the Framework for improving road safety in Scotland until 2020. It describes the road safety vision for Scotland, aims and commitments, and the Scottish targets for reductions in road deaths and serious injuries to 2020.

The target audience is not only the road safety community but also the public as road users, employers, teachers, parents, relevant organisations and all others who have a role to play in road safety. With this in mind we have sought to make this both a forward looking document with commitments to further decrease casualties on the roads, and a transparent and practical guide to current laws, guidance and information concerning road safety.

A panel of road safety experts was set up to advise on measures that will contribute to reducing the tragic and wasteful toll of death and injury on the roads in Scotland. In addition, a public consultation was carried out to seek views on what the Framework should include.

All of these contributions have been considered, alongside evidence gained through
statistics and research, in formulating this Framework, which is also illustrated throughout with quotes from the public consultation and examples of road safety initiatives from Scotland and beyond.

This document firmly sets out the ambitions for a ‘Safer Scotland’ on the roads. These ambitions will not, however, be realised without the help of delivery partners,
communities and road users themselves.