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Merseyside Police, in partnership with Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service have launched an uplift in road safety activity across Liverpool to help improve road safety and reduce those Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) on Liverpool’s roads.
At an event earlier this week, Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service demonstrated how they support casualties and extract them from a vehicle post collision.
Station Manager Andy Blythe explained: “MFRS deals with serious RTCs daily. Our casualty-centered approach aims to deliver victims to medical care in the best possible condition. Quick transfer to specialist care within an hour improves survival chances.
“Our crews follow six phases during an RTC: assess the scene, ensure safety, stabilize the vehicle, create access, manage glass breakage, and extricate the casualty using hydraulic equipment. We aim to improve road safety and achieve Vision Zero by 2040, focusing on Safe Vehicles, Safe Roads, Safe Behavior, Safe Speeds, and effective Post-Crash Response.”
Five roads across Liverpool – Durning Road, Priory Road, Wavertree Boulevard, Brookfield Drive and Prescot Road – have been identified as hotspot areas for KSI casualties. Officers have already increased visibility and enforcement activity on these roads in response to the latest data and are working with Liverpool City Council to explore other interventions to improve road safety on these roads.
The community are key in helping the force to identify other problem areas and help to take a proactive approach to prevent collisions where the data isn’t yet prevalent.
Merseyside Police will be leading on targeted social media activity and delivering dedicated fatal four reduction operations across the city, targeting drink and drug driving, excess speed, those failing to wear a seatbelt and distracted driving such as mobile phones.
Liverpool City Council will continue to engage with primary schools and support the creation of a safer roads watch scheme where the community can take action to make their own roads safer.
Merseyside Fire & Rescue Service will utilise local events for engagement and provide education to secondary students using the latest technology.
“Targeted enforcement operations in known collision hotspots, often caused by the ‘fatal four’ – not wearing a seatbelt, drink, and drug driving, speeding and using a handheld mobile phone – will include high visibility patrols and roadside checks with breathalysers, field impairment tests and drug wipes.
“In partnership with Liverpool City Council and Merseyside Fire & Rescue, we are also offering advice and education to road users, including pedestrians, cyclists, and drivers to be road smart and think about the steps that all road users can take to avoid collisions.”
Chief Inspector Steve Robinson, Merseyside Police.
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