ROAD SAFETY REPORT
HAMPSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE DATA ANALYSIS An ever increasing role for the Fire service is responding to RTCs. The HFRS are called upon by blue light colleagues for their expertise in RTCs whether that be first aid (e.g. use of spinal boards), cutting open vehicles and person extraction or utilising their specialist capabilities (e.g. Hazmat). HFRS base their analysis on their data and additional data supplied by Hampshire Constabulary as they attend all RTCs. The number of people killed in RTCs reduced by one during the period April to March 2018 (23fatalities) compared to the previous year (24 fatalities). May had the greatest number of fatalities (4), the other months were lower. The number of people seriously injured in RTCs in Hampshire remains above the national average9. The number decreased by 28 in April 2017 to March 2018 (426 people) compared to the previous year (454 people). The number of seriously injured casualties fluctuated over the twelve months. HFRS do not attend all RTC’s. HFRS attended 836 in the year 2015/16 and 888 in 2016/17. HFRS measure and monitor the number of RTC’s that they respond to and analyse this data to look at issues such as where incidents are occurring, what time of day and what the road conditions were. Road casualty data currently gives limited information about behaviour. There are many arterial commuter routes that run through the geography of the group, and therefore it is a challenge to address and educate potential victims due to many drivers residing outside of the location, and possibly even further afield.
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