It's hard to imagine a more exciting time to be taking up the reins as Chair of Road Safety West of Scotland.

Over the past decade, the work of our organisation in raising public awareness of key road safety issues has undoubtedly been a major contributory factor in reducing road casualties across the region to an all time low. It is a matter of great pride for all of us here that the West of Scotland area not only met the 10-year casualty reduction targets set for 2010 by the UK Government but substantially exceeded them in every single category.

The overall number of people killed or seriously injured throughout the region fell by 63% compared to a target of 40%, child fatalities and serious injuries were reduced by 78.4% against a target of 50% and minor injuries dropped by 50.1% compared to a target of just 10%. This can only be seen as good news and cause for a moment of celebration that the region’s roads are safer than ever before for the 2 million people who live and work here. However, tough new targets recently set by the Scottish Government for 2020 leave no room for complacency with a new decade of challenges now stretching ahead.

My new tenure in the Chair coincides with launch of the World Health Organisation’s Decade of Action for Road Safety Initiative which aims to save 5 million lives worldwide over the next 10 years. Road Safety West of Scotland wholeheartedly supports this ambitious and inspirational aim with a determination to play our part in cutting avoidable deaths and injuries dramatically over the coming decade, right here at home in the West of Scotland.

Councillor Bailie Gerald Leonard
Glasgow City Council

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