Established
in January 1983, the Road Safety Council (RSC) is responsible for
co-ordinating all road safety activities in Hong Kong. The Council
identifies and introduces road safety initiatives and implements
road safety priority programmes that can help reduce the number
and severity of traffic accidents. It took over from an earlier
central body known as the Standing Conference on Road Safety, which
was set up in 1973 with the same mission.
Structure
The
Council is chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operations)
and consists of representatives of seven Government Bureaux and
Departments, as well as six non-government organisations associated
closely with road safety.
The
Council has two sub-committees and one working group, namely the
Road Safety Campaign Committee, the Road Safety Research Committee
and the Road Safety Council Annual Report Working Group.
* The terms of reference, composition
of the Council and the sub-committees are covered in Annexes
A1 to A4.
Vision
and Mission
Our Vision
“Zero Accidents on the Road, Hong Kong’s Goal”
is designed to ensure that Hong Kong remains one of the world's
safest cities for road users as we generate and sustain road safety
awareness within the community.
Our
Mission
To act as a focal point to identify, innovate, initiate and
implement road safety priority programmes that will help reduce
the number and severity of traffic accidents in Hong Kong.
Through co-ordinating and working with the different government
departments, transport associations, road safety stakeholders,
educational bodies and community organisations, we aim to:
Improve road user behaviour through education and publicity
;
Enhance existing systems and processes to create a safer
driving environment ;
Explore new technology and introduce relevant safety legislation
to enforce effective deterrent measures ;
Build better roads and push for the manufacture of safer
cars ;
Increase community ownership and partnerships of road safety;
and
Conduct research and compile statistics to identify trends
and areas of risk.
