TfL wins two Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards

TfL’s lead in HGV road safety has been recognised for the second successive year.

Transport for London’s (TfL’s) Construction Logistics and Cyclist Safety (CLOCS) programme has been recognised for its rapid success in improving HGV road safety with a Prince Michael International Road Safety Award.

The award celebrates CLOC’S safety improvement of construction operations and the push for safer lorry design. TfL’s Work Related Road Risk programme received an award for its success in emphasising “safe and sustainable mobility” to its own employments, with a focus on vehicle safety, driver risk assessment and coaching.

CLOCS is working through three main streams: improving vehicle design, addressing the imbalance between on-site and on-road safety and encouraging wider adoption of best practice through a national standard. Nearly 18,000 vehicles used by CLOCS operators and clients are fitted with camera and sensor systems along with left-turn audible alarms.

TfL’s Work Related Road Risk programme has received the award for promoting best practice with its own employees, notably through its Approved Driver scheme, operated in collaboration with the Institute of Advanced Motorists. This ensures staff undertake the Institute of Advanced Motorist online RoadRISK assessment Pledge, and work to improve their knowledge of road safety.

The Mayor and TfL’s Safer Streets for London sets out the six key commitments to improve road safety, such as leading the way in achieving a 50% reduction in the number of deaths or serious injuries on the capital’s roads by 2020, with the longer term ambition of freeing London’s roads from death or serious injury. They also want to prioritise vulnerable road users such as cyclists, motorcyclists and pedestrians who make up 80% of serious and fatal incidents.

Leon Daniels, Managing Director of Surface Transport at TfL, said: “Further improving the safety of our roads is one of our key priorities, and we have clear commitments and an ambitious target to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on London’s roads by 50% by 2020.

“Receiving international awards recognises the results of our efforts and is clearly a huge honour for our staff. This recognition is important. It shows we practice what we preach with our own road safety and will encourage more companies to get on-board the collaborative CLOCS programme to improve road safety at a faster rate.”

The awards are presented to the most outstanding examples across the world.

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