Transcript Cycle safety toolkit toolbox talk

Presenter’s name
Presenter’s title
Contents
• The current situation
• Reducing collisions in London
• [INSERT ORGANISATION NAME]’s policy
• How we’re helping cyclists to stay safe
• What should you do?
• Summary
The current situation
• More and more people are cycling
in London
• A whole host of activity – aimed at
cyclists and drivers – is helping to
improve safety, including:
– Training
– Infrastructure improvements
– Enforcement activity
• More still needs to be done, though – the majority of cyclist
fatalities in London in recent years were the result of a collision
with a goods vehicle
Vehicles involved in cycle fatalities
2008-2011
• 33 cyclists were killed in a collision with a goods/other large
commercial vehicle
• Construction vehicles were disproportionately involved in
collisions
Common collision causes
• Collisions between cyclists and
goods vehicles often occur when:
– Drivers are turning left
– Cyclists and drivers fail to allow
enough space for each other
• According to the Metropolitan
Police, there are also a number of
factors which contribute to
cyclist / goods vehicle collisions
• How many of these factors can you identify?
Common collision causes (cont.)
• According to the Metropolitan Police, the most common factors
which contribute to cyclist/goods vehicle collisions include:
Poor turn or
manoeuvre
Failure to
look properly
Being careless/
reckless/in a hurry
Passing too
close to cyclist
Failure to judge other
person’s path or speed
[ORGANISATION NAME]’s policy
[Presenter to insert bullets about the organisation’s vulnerable
road users policy (if one already exists) – see section 2 of toolkit
brochure for policy advice and guidance
- Discuss the policy and the rationale behind it
- If your organisation doesn’t yet have such a policy in place, or
it needs to be reviewed, this could be a good opportunity to
involve your drivers in developing one – ask for their thoughts
on what should be included]
How we’re helping cyclists to stay safe
[Space for presenter to insert bullets about how your organisation is
putting its policy into practice. For example, you could consider
initiatives such as:
• Any safety technology fitted to your vehicles
• Cycle safety training for staff?]
Tips for drivers
Follow the six tips for drivers to share the road safely:
• Before you travel:
- Prepare yourself
- Plan your journey
- Check your vehicle
• While driving:
- Look out for cyclists
- Indicate clearly and in good time
- Leave space
Before you travel:
Prepare yourself
• Set your phone to voicemail
• Refresh your knowledge of
the Highway Code
• If you need glasses or contact
lenses to meet the Highway
Code’s minimum vision standards,
you must wear them at all times
while driving
Before you travel:
Plan your journey
• If you can’t avoid cyclist commuter
routes, try to travel at less
busy times
• Be particularly vigilant
around schools
Before you travel:
Check your vehicle (MIST)
• Complete a walk-round check of
the vehicle before every journey
to ensure that:
– Mirrors are clean, correctly adjusted
and set to minimise blind spots
– Indicators are working, clean and
can be seen
– Signs for cyclists are clean and
easily visible
– Technology, including Fresnel lenses,
side proximity sensors, blind spot
cameras and sideguards, is fitted
correctly, working and clean
While driving:
Look out for cyclists
• Keep checking for cyclists,
pedestrians and motorcyclists
who may weave through
stationary traffic
• Check your mirrors for cyclists
before you indicate, vary your
speed or change direction
• Keep scanning your mirrors
when approaching junctions in
case a cyclist enters your blind spot
While driving:
Look out for cyclists (cont.)
• At junctions, try to make eye contact with any cyclists in front of
the vehicle
• Check your nearside blind spot every time you turn left
• Check over your shoulder for cyclists before opening your door
to ensure it doesn’t swing into their path
While driving:
Indicate clearly and in good time
• Indicate your intentions clearly
when turning or changing lanes,
even if you don’t think anyone
is near you
• Indicate in good time to allow
others to react
• Make sure the indicator is
switched off once you have
completed your manoeuvre
While driving:
Leave space
• Give cyclists plenty of space so
they can manoeuvre to avoid
potholes, drain covers or car doors
• When overtaking, give cyclists
and motorcyclists at least as
much space as you would a car
• Do not cross stop lines or
encroach on Advanced Stop Lines
• Cycle lanes are for cyclists
Summary
• Cycling is becoming more
and more popular in London
• [ORGANISATION NAME] has a
vulnerable road user policy to
help prevent any collisions and
we’re all responsible for putting it
into practice
• Remember your six tips for
sharing the road safely
Any questions?