Issue - meetings

(i)       to request that officers investigate whether there was any explanation as to why the target for the reduction on killed child casualties had been reached, but the target was yet to be reached on seriously injured child casualties and advise Members accordingly;

(ii)       to note the new Aberdeen City updated road casualty figures to 2022; and

(iii)      to approve the new Aberdeen City Council Road Safety Plan 2023 – 2030 to further reduce these figures towards the targets set within Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030.

The Committee had before it a report by the Director of Resources which set out the new Aberdeen City Council Road Safety Plan 2023 to 2030 which reported on the achievements in meeting the 2020 targets and progress towards the new 2030 targets.

The report recommended:-

that the Committee –

(a)      note the new Aberdeen City updated road casualty figures to 2022; and

(b)      approve the new Aberdeen City Council Road Safety Plan 2023 – 2030 to further reduce these figures towards the targets set within Scotland’s Road Safety Framework to 2030.

The Committee resolved:-

(i)       to request that officers investigate whether there was any explanation as to why the target for the reduction on killed child casualties had been reached, but the target was yet to be reached on seriously injured child casualties and advise Members accordingly; and

(ii)       to approve the recommendations.