Health effects of light pollution may include: increased headache incidence, worker fatigue, medically defined stress, decrease in sexual function and increase in anxiety Road safety for all travellers The Transport Strategy should set out a clear strategy Improve road safety and programme to continue to enhance safety for all and reduce the In the WYCA area, were a total of 5,839 accidents in road users including pedestrians, cyclists and number of accidents 2012. Of these, 1% were fatal, 16% were serious and motorcyclists, and aim to reduce the rate of transport and incidents 83% were slight. The number of accidents each year crashes and other incidents (e.g. through reducing has fallen for the last three years. traffic growth and congestion, traffic calming measures, Children, males, disabled and older people are highway maintenance in rural areas, low key accident particularly vulnerable groups in terms of accidents. reduction strategies, 20mph zones). Research shows that a higher proportion of accidents occur in deprived areas of which there are a lot within – the WYCA area. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are vulnerable user groups in terms of accidents, and accident rates amongst these groups are considerably higher than the national average in the WYCA area. Crime and fear of crime The Transport Strategy should seek to reduce the Reduce crime and levels of crime and perceived crime within West fear of crime and In March 2015 alone, there were over 21,000 reported Yorkshire. promote community crimes within the West Yorkshire constabulary area. safety Nearly 26% of these were anti-social behaviour crimes, and a further 18% were violence and sexual offences, which are both considerably likely to impact on sense of place and perceived safety issues when travelling within the area. The latest Passenger survey undertaken in Autumn 2014 identified that around 7% of bus passengers in West Yorkshire felt that other passengers’ behaviour gave them cause to worry or feel uncomfortable on their bus journey. The proportion of bus users feeling this was has however reduced from 10% in 2011.
Health effects of light pollution may include: increased headache incidence, worker fatigue, medically defined stress, decrease in sexual function and increase in anxiety Road safety for all travellers In the WYCA area, were a total of 5,839 accidents in 2012. Of these, 1% were fatal, 16% were serious and 83% were slight. The number of accidents each year has fallen for the last three years. Children, males, disabled and older people are particularly vulnerable groups in terms of accidents. Research shows that a higher proportion of accidents occur in deprived areas – of which there are a lot within the WYCA area. Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are vulnerable user groups in terms of accidents, and accident rates amongst these groups are considerably higher than the national average in the WYCA area. The Transport Strategy should set out a clear strategy and programme to continue to enhance safety for all road users including pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, and aim to reduce the rate of transport crashes and other incidents (e.g. through reducing traffic growth and congestion, traffic calming measures, highway maintenance in rural areas, low key accident reduction strategies, 20mph zones). Improve road safety and reduce the number of accidents and incidents Crime and fear of crime In March 2015 alone, there were over 21,000 reported crimes within the West Yorkshire constabulary area. Nearly 26% of these were anti-social behaviour crimes, and a further 18% were violence and sexual offences, which are both considerably likely to impact on sense of place and perceived safety issues when travelling within the area. The latest Passenger survey undertaken in Autumn 2014 identified that around 7% of bus passengers in West Yorkshire felt that other passengers’ behaviour gave them cause to worry or feel uncomfortable on their bus journey. The proportion of bus users feeling this was has however reduced from 10% in 2011. The Transport Strategy should seek to reduce the levels of crime and perceived crime within West Yorkshire. Reduce crime and fear of crime and promote community safety
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