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Catalogue description Ministry of Transport and successors, Road Safety Division: Registered Files
| Reference: | MT 92 |
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| Title: | Ministry of Transport and successors, Road Safety Division: Registered Files |
| Description: |
This series consists of registered files of the Road Safety General Division and its predecessors in the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Transport and Civil Aviation. The files in this series generally reflect those aspects of road safety which came to be the responsibility of the Road Safety General Division after 1962. The files relate to all aspects of road safety and related road traffic issues, including road safety publicity, the National Road Safety Advisory Council, the Highway Code, liaison with the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, research on road safety issues, experimental safety schemes, accident prevention measures, road safety legislation and legislation with an impact on road safety. |
| Date: | 1931-1995 |
| Separated material: |
Some files from the RS series have been re-registered in MT 33 Some files from the RS series have been re-registered in MT 34 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in its original department: | RS series |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Language: | English |
| Creator: |
Department of the Environment, Road Safety Divisions, 1970-1976 Department of Transport, Road Safety Divisions, 1976-1997 Ministry of Transport, Road Safety (General) Division, 1966-1970 |
| Physical description: | 740 files and flat sheets |
| Access conditions: | Open unless otherwise stated |
| Immediate source of acquisition: |
From 1980 Department of Transport |
| Accruals: | Series is accruing. |
| Administrative / biographical background: |
In 1937 the Roads Department, formed in 1919 on the establishment of the Ministry of Transport, was split into four divisions: two Highways Divisions, a Licensing Division and a Traffic and Safety Division. In 1940 the last division was absorbed into a single Highways Administration Division, but in 1946 a separate Traffic Safety Division was again formed. This division was in turn divided in 1955 into Road Safety and Road Traffic Divisions. The latter was dissolved in 1961 and its functions distributed among a number of Highways Divisions and the Road Safety Division. In 1966 the Road Safety Division was split into two divisions, the first dealing with traffic and the second, designated the Road Safety General Division, with the road safety programme and legislation, particularly in relation to education and training. A third Road Safety (Local) Division was added later to deal with the local application of road safety publicity and training. |
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