B781 West Kilbride Town: Survey , Hazards, Risks, Mitigations
October 2012
To be read in conjunction with: Pictorial Survey - West Kilbride Main Street, Ritchie Street, Yerton Brae
This work covers Main Street, Ritchie Street and Yerton Brae to its junction with the A78
Unless otherwise stated, distances are measured to or from the near edge of a junction.
Note on Hazard and Risk Terminology
For this exercise, this interval of the B781 is characterised as running through the shopping and residential centre of a town with population 5000 -10,000, with a broad cross-section of users.
In general, the term hazard is used to describe a physical road feature which would be regarded as not safe; for example an excavation in the middle of a road. A hazard becomes a risk when
people are involved. If the excavation is fenced off and the road to it is barricaded off, people cannot get to it and it is not a risk.
Hazards and Risks
These are ranked according to the rationale set out in Support Package SP C3
Survey and Hazard Identification
Road type
Junctions
and
Accesses
B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
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Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
Single-lane B-road from Dalry, through West Kilbride town to
junction with A78 (T). The interval being assessed runs from the
start of Main Street to the A78 junction; this is a continuous
residential area with shops and commercial outlets on Main Street
and Ritchie Street. Other buildings include Church, Bank, Surgery,
Public Hall, Barony Centre, Public Houses..The first 100 yards or
so is 1-way, the rest is 2-way.
For Hazard Areas 1 – 8, please refer
to photo survey and scrap detail
from Street Plan.
As for most residential areas, there are many branch roads. With
2 exceptions, the right of way runs along Main Street, Ritchie
Street and down Yerton Brae. Give Way signs apply where the
One-Way interval of Main Street meets Gateside Street; and at the
A78 junction.
The streets see a broad cross-section
of users, including pedestrians (all
ages) cyclists, cars, buses, vans, trucks
etc. The 3 streets involved have not
been pedestrianised.
This interval of the B781 was not
designed to present-day standards: it is
a historical inheritance. It has seen
limited improvements over the
decades.
B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
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Road Width
Footway
Widths
These streets were set out a long time ago - 19th and early 20th
century. Main Street tends to be narrow, Ritchie Street is wider.
The upper part of Yerton Brae is wider, but the lower part is
relatively narrow. Generally the road widths are the same as they
were when the properties were built, and most of these are early
20th century, or earlier. There are step changes in width at
various points.
There is a mix of footway widths – some intervals are 2m or more,
but these are the exception.
In Main Street , they are generally under 1.3m wide, with some
intervals under 1m wide.
Ritchie Street is generally wider, with fewer intervals less than
1.3m wide.
The top of Yerton Brae has a short interval of footway on the
south-east side On the north-west side a footway runs the full
length of the Brae: for the top ¼ it is over 1.3m wide, but the lower
¾ is under 1m wide, with a very narrow interval just before the
A78. At this point, the footway resumes on the south-east side
(0.9 – 1.14 m wide).
There are points on all three streets where it is not possible to use
a pram.
Intervals of Yerton Brae and Main Street have been assessed by
the local authority to be ‘unsafe for regular pedestrian use going to
school’
Usage
Yerton Brae is probably the most heavily used of the access roads
between the town and the A78. Private cars predominate;
commercial vehicles including vans and trucks also use it. There
is a regular bus service in the downward direction. It is frequently
used by pedestrians, and occasionally by cyclists. Pedestrian use
includes school children.
Main Street and Ritchie Street see similar use; here the bus
service is in both directions. Shopping is the main activity pedestrian-based and for car drivers. The stop-and -shop mode
favoured by many leads to illicit parking and congestion. Main
Street and Ritchie Street are the busiest streets in the town,
Primary school children use these streets. There is a lollypop
crossing at The Cross – adjacent to Hunterston Road. The interval
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
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Generic Hazards Along Full Length
Contributing Factors:
Narrowness of the carriageway;
step changes in carriageway width;
limited lines of sight for certain
manoeuvres;
blind bends;
inappropriate speed;
2/3rds of the streets length has very
narrow footways, in some places these
are unusable, obliging pedestrians to
walk on the road – with or without
prams and toddlers.
Illicit parking leads to chaotic vehicle
manoeuvres.
presence of many pedestrians including
children – who are considered
vulnerable users
Intervals of Yerton Brae and Main
Street have been assessed by the local
authority to be ‘unsafe for regular
pedestrian use going to school’.
Margin for Error is comparatively low,
and this is aggravated with increasing
speed.
A Hazard Level (see above) has been
assigned to each of the following 8
individual Hazard Areas is applied
below
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Hazard Area 1: At and near the Barony
Centre
B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
Survey
of Main Street from the Cross to the Parish church has not been
categorised by NAC as ‘Safer Route to School’.
Delivery vans and lorries frequently stop at the shops.
Train travellers generally use this route to the station.
Condition of
road surface;
drainage and
puddling?
Generally sound
Accidents
Near misses are common, and so are prangs. Recent accident
sites are Barony Centre (pedestrian knocked down); Yerton Brae
(at blind bend involving bus and private car); bottom of Yerton
Brae (3-car prang, driver taken to hospital); at Main Street x Glen
Road (car fractures gas pipe); between Cross and Barony centre
(prangs).
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
Refer to photos 2 – 4, 8, 9, 71
Specific Contributing Factors: the
interval of road narrows on the
approaches from east and west; there
is a blind brow; on both sides there are
intervals of footway which are too
narrow for normal use; presence of
many pedestrians, including children,
and parents with pram / toddler. The
secondary entrance to the Barony
Centre is in daily use, and has a
footway width under 0.5m. (The main
entrance to the Barony Centre has
been closed. off)
Margin for Error: There is very little if
any margin for error; this applies to all
users.
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9,
Severe
Current
Speed Limit
30 mph
Speed
Aspects
The mean speed of vehicles is considerably less than 30mph. A
significant minority drive at or above 30mph over certain stretches.
The oblique angle of Yerton Brae to the A78 allows anyone
wishing to take this corner at some speed when turning right into
Yerton Brae; this is often accompanied by cutting the corner.
Road
contours
This is shown on the road plan scrap detail, Diagram 1 dated
October 2012. The following advice from the Scottish
Government’s is noted:
The Executive encourages and supports 20mph limits
and zones in situations where there is a particular risk to
vulnerable road users.
Significant features include the following – working from east to
west:
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The road width varies in the range 5.19 – 7.09m.
There are 3 step changes in the road width: at the Cross
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Hazard Area 2 : The Cross and along
to Glen Road T-junction
Refer to photos 5 – 9, 10, 11, 13, 69,
70
Specific Contributing Factors: Lines
of sight for vehicles exiting Manse
Road, Hunterston Road and Glen
Road; footways are narrow – around
1m; short stay stop-to-shop causes
disorder; presence of many
pedestrians, including children, and
parents with pram / toddler.
Margin for Error is comparatively low
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very
Serious
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B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
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Roadside
Features
Road
Markings
and signs
approaching
the junction
heading east; towards the east end of Ritchie Street;
and heading down Yerton Brae
There is a blind brow at the Barony Centre; this is on a
narrower interval of road – 5.95m – and on a stretch
where the footways are too narrow for normal use 0.54m and less.
The Main Street from The Cross to Happy Hills varies in
width from 7m to 5.6m. 80% of the footway length is
less than 1.3m wide, and drops to 0.3m at one point.
There is a blind brow at the top of Main Street; illicit
parking at the start of Ritchie Street causes west-bound
traffic to use the right side of the road.
Half the footway length on the eastern ‘interval of Ritchie
Street is less that 1.3m wide.
There is a blind bend at the west end of Ritchie Street,
where parked cars oblige west-bound traffic to drive on
the right side of the road.
90% of the western interval of Ritchie Street has a
footway width greater than 1.3m.
The upper ¼ of Yerton Brae has footways greater than
1.3m wide. The lower ¾ of Yerton Brae has footways
less that 1m wide, reducing to 0.27m at one point.
There is a tight blind left bend ½ way down Yerton Brae.
There is a very tight right bend at the bottom of Yerton
Brae.
Line of sight for traffic joining these streets is
significantly compromised at 7 junctions: Manse Road
looking left; Hunterston Road looking left; Alton Street
looking right and left; Arthur Street looking right; High
Overton Drive looking right; Caldwell Road looking right
and left; Low Overton Drive looking left.
The inner edge of the footways / roads is usually bordered by
buildings and walls - and in the case of the south-east side of
Yerton Brae mainly by hedges and other flora.
Heading West from the station-end of Main Street
Signs and other road markings are as follows, starting from the
east end of Main Street:
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At the start of Main Street, there are One Way signs and
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
Hazard Area 3: Main Street and Ritchie
Street, between Glen Road and Arthur
Street
Refer to photos 14 – 18, 24, 67 - 69
Specific Contributing Factors: The
footways are generally narrow – around
1m or less; blind brow at Main Street /
Ritchie Street junction in combination
with short-stay stop-to-shop parking on
Ritchie Street - causes west-bound
drivers to drive on right; presence of
many pedestrians, including children,
and parents with pram / toddler.
Margin for Error: there is a little
margin for error.
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
Serious
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Hazard Area 4: Arthur Street / Alton
Street junction
Refer to photos 19, 21, 24, 25
Specific Contributing Factors:
Limited lines of sight for traffic joining
Ritchie Street; footways are narrow;
presence of many pedestrians,
including children, and parents with
pram / toddler.
Margin for Error: there is little margin
for error
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
Serious
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Hazard Area 5: West End of Ritchie
Street
B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
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a pedestrian sign To Town Centre
One Way arrow painted on road
Give Way Signs and road markings at junction with
Gateside Street
Double yellow Lines start after this junction, on both
sides of the road, and continue to the top of Yerton Brae
where they stop.
No Loading at Any Time sign on Barony Centre railing
One Way signs at bottom of Halfway Street
Just before Arthur Street junction, No Right Turn sign,
and warning sign of priority crossroads
No Entry sign at bottom of Arthur Street
Just after War Memorial, warning sign on left, No
Footway for 300 Yards
At Caldwell Road junction, warning sign of left bend
ahead
At junction with A78, road marked with hazard centre
line, on left side a Give Way warning sign at the junction,
and road marked with Give Way triangle and broken
white lines across the junction edge.
Heading East from the A78
Signs and other road markings are as follows, starting from the
A78 and heading east:
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Just before Arthur Street junction, No Left Turn sign, and
warning sign of priority crossroads.
No Entry signs at east end of Main Street
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
Refer to photos 20, 22, 23, 25 – 28,
63 - 66
Specific Contributing Factors:
Parking bays oblige drivers to drive on
right side of road, into a bend with
limited forward line-of-sight; speed of
east-bound approaching vehicles;
presence of many pedestrians including
children
Margin for Error: there is little margin
for error
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 5,
Significant
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Hazard Area 6: High Overton Drive
junction with Yerton Brae
Refer to photos 30 – 33, 61
Contributing Factors: Poor line of
sight to right for vehicle turning from
Overton Drive; narrow footway; narrow
carriageway to right on Yerton Brae;
presence of pedestrians including
children
Margin for Error: there is little margin
for error
Traffic
Calming
features
Only the road markings and signs
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
Serious
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Pedestrian
Crossings
Road
Lighting
None apart from lollypop service on school days.
(No pedestrianisation)
Hazard Area 7: Caldwell Road and
Low Overton Drive junctions with
Yerton Brae
Refer to photos 34 – 43, 59, 60
Street lights throughout
Specific Contributing Factors: Poor
line of sight for vehicles turning onto
B781 West Kilbride Main Street – Ritchie Street - Yerton Brae:
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Provision for
Cyclists
Cyclists use the road. With the exception of a short interval at the
upper end of Yerton Brae, it is not an option for a cyclist to use the
footway.
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors,
Margin for Error, Hazard Area
Ranking
Yerton Brae; narrow footway; blind
bend on Yerton Brae in conjunction
with narrow interval of carriageway;
poor line of sight for vehicle turning
right onto Low Overton Drive; presence
of pedestrians including children
Margin for Error: there is little margin
for error
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very
Serious
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Hazard Area 8: Right bend near foot of
Yerton Brae
Refer to photos 45, 46, 58
Contributing Factors: narrow footway,
obliging pedestrian to step onto road;
tight bend on Yerton Brae; narrow
interval of B 781 carriageway; speed of
traffic joining Yerton Brae from the A78;
presence of pedestrians including
children.
Margin for Error: there is little margin
for error
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9,
Severe
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Risk Assessment
Possible Outcomes
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors, Margin for Error,
Hazard Area Ranking
Possible Events
Relative Likelihood
Hazard Area
Risk Level
Manageability
Please refer to Pictorial Survey and scrap detail from Street Plan
This interval of the B781 was not designed to 20th / 21st century standards: it is a historical inheritance. It has seen limited improvements over the years.
The streets see a broad cross-section of users, including pedestrians (all ages) cyclists, cars, buses, vans, trucks etc. The streets have not been pedestrianised; there are no controlled
pedestrian crossings. On school days a lollipop man is at The Cross.
In general for all the following Hazard Areas, the risk of an accident comes from the characteristics of the roads and footways; the nature of the branch roads - in conjunction with driver
behaviours, including speed, inattention, error of judgement.
Generic Assessment: The risk assessment first considers the general nature of hazards and risks along the full length of the streets. These factors and margins for error influence each
of the 8 individual hazard areas.
Generic Hazards Along Full interval
Contributing Factors:
Narrowness of the carriageway;
The scrap detail from the street map shows the range of
footway and carriageway widths.
Pedestrians
limited lines of sight for certain manoeuvres;
Pedestrian distraction for various reasons (meeting friends,
leaving the Surgery, being in a hurry) leads to inattention - and
to accidents.
blind bends / brow;
Children use these 3 streets.
inappropriate speed;
The Contributing Factors expose pedestrians to being struck
by a passing vehicle; The likelihood of such events is
increased by the narrowness of the road, and by the width of
vehicles such as delivery trucks and buses. Vehicle speed
aggravates this. These characteristics are worse in Main
Street, which sees the greatest density of pedestrians.
step changes in carriageway width;
2/3rds of the streets length has very narrow
pavements, in some places these are unusable,
obliging pedestrians to walk on the road – with or
without prams and toddlers.
Illicit parking leads to chaotic vehicle manoeuvres,
and to driver stresses.
presence of many pedestrians including children
(who are considered vulnerable users);
Note Intervals of Yerton Brae and Main Street have been
assessed by the local authority to be ‘unsafe for regular
pedestrian use going to school’.
Margin for Error is comparatively low, and this is
Cyclists
At the narrower intervals of these streets, two vehicles passing
leave little room for the additional presence of a cyclist; at
some places there would be no room for a cyclist.
Illicit parking leads to chaotic vehicle manoeuvres.
Although cyclists are to be seen daily, the density of cyclist use
is low (greater cyclist use would see more accidents).
Possible Outcomes
Any of the listed events could result
in collision, or swerve leading to a
collision and and running onto the
pavement. Could involve other road
user(s), including children,
pedestrians, cyclists, other
vulnerable road users
resulting in
Near miss, Injury , Death
Relative Likelihood
Varies – see notes below on each
individual Hazard Area
Varies – see
each individual
Hazard Area
Possible Outcomes
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors, Margin for Error,
Hazard Area Ranking
Possible Events
Relative Likelihood
Hazard Area
Risk Level
Manageability
aggravated with increasing speed.
An overall ranking is shown for each individual Hazard Area.
Drivers
Near misses are common, and vehicle prangs happen often.
Illicit parking leads to chaotic vehicle manoeuvres.
Because of the speeds involved, serious accidents are less
likely. The likelihood of vehicle impacts varies with location.
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 1: At and near the Barony Centre
Possible Outcomes :Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 2 – 4, 8, 9, 71
Specific Contributing Factors: the interval of road narrows
on the approaches from east and west; there is a blind brow;
on both sides there are intervals of footway which are too
narrow for normal use; presence of many pedestrians,
including children, and parents with pram / toddler. The
secondary entrance to the Barony Centre is in daily use, and
has a footway width under 0.5m. (The main entrance to the
Barony Centre has been closed. off)
Relative Likelihood: High
For Car Occupants
See above under Generic Assessment
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Relative Likelihood: Medium
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
For Cyclists
Margin for Error: There is very little if any margin for error;
this applies to all users.
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9, Severe
Area 1 Risk
Level: 9+,
Severe
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Relative Likelihood: Medium
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Hazard Area 2 : The Cross and along to Glen Road Tjunction
For Pedestrians
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 5 – 9, 10, 11, 13, 69, 70
See above under Generic Assessment
Specific Contributing Factors: Lines of sight for vehicles
exiting Manse Road, Hunterston Road and Glen Road;
footways are narrow – around 1m; short stay stop-to-shop
causes disorder; presence of many pedestrians, including
children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Margin for Error is comparatively low
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very Serious
Relative Likelihood: High
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
For Car Occupants
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
Possible Outcomes:: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Medium
Area 2 Risk
Level: 8, Very
Serious
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Possible Outcomes
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors, Margin for Error,
Hazard Area Ranking
Possible Events
Relative Likelihood
Hazard Area
Risk Level
Manageability
For Cyclists
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 3: Main Street and Ritchie Street, between
Glen Road and Arthur Street
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 14 – 18, 24, 67 - 69
Specific Contributing Factors: The footways are generally
narrow – around 1m or less; blind brow at Main Street /
Ritchie Street junction in combination with short-stay stopto-shop parking on Ritchie Street - causes west-bound
drivers to drive on right; presence of many pedestrians,
including children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Margin for Error: there is a little margin for error.
Relative Likelihood: Medium
See above under Generic Assessment
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
For Car Occupants
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
For Cyclists
Area 3 Risk
Level: 7,
Serious
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7, Serious
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 4: Arthur Street / Alton Street junction
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 19, 21, 24, 25
Specific Contributing Factors: Limited lines of sight for
traffic joining Ritchie Street; footways are narrow; presence
of many pedestrians, including children, and parents with
pram / toddler.
See above under Generic Assessment
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Margin for Error: there is little margin for error
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7, Serious
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Car Occupants
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Cyclists
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Area 4 Risk
Level: 7,
Serious
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Possible Outcomes
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors, Margin for Error,
Hazard Area Ranking
Possible Events
Relative Likelihood
Hazard Area
Risk Level
Manageability
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 5: West End of Ritchie Street
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 20, 22, 23, 25 – 28, 63 - 66
Specific Contributing Factors: Parking bays oblige
drivers to drive on right side of road, into a bend with limited
forward line-of-sight; speed of east-bound approaching
vehicles; presence of many pedestrians including children
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
See above under Generic Assessment
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Margin for Error: there is little margin for error
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 5, Significant
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
For Car Occupants
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Cyclists
Area 5 Risk
Level: 5,
Significant
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 6: High Overton Drive junction with Yerton
Brae
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 30 – 33, 61
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
Contributing Factors: Poor line of sight to right for vehicle
turning from Overton Drive; narrow footway; narrow
carriageway to right on Yerton Brae; presence of
pedestrians including children
See above under Generic Assessment
Margin for Error: there is little margin for error
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7, Serious
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
For Car Occupants
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Cyclists
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
Area 6 Risk
Level: 7-,
Serious
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Possible Outcomes
Hazard Area, Contributing Factors, Margin for Error,
Hazard Area Ranking
Possible Events
Relative Likelihood
Hazard Area
Risk Level
Manageability
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 7: Caldwell Road and Low Overton Drive
junctions with Yerton Brae
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 34 – 43, 59, 60
Specific Contributing Factors: Poor line of sight for
vehicles turning onto Yerton Brae; narrow footway; blind
bend on Yerton Brae in conjunction with narrow interval of
carriageway; poor line of sight for vehicle turning right onto
Low Overton Drive; presence of pedestrians including
children
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
For Car Occupants
See above under Generic Assessment
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Relative Likelihood: Medium
Margin for Error: there is little margin for error
Minor vehicle-only prangs
For Cyclists
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very Serious
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Area 7 Risk
Level: 8, Very
Serious
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
For Pedestrians
Hazard Area 8: Right bend at foot of Yerton Brae
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Refer to photos 45, 46, 58
Contributing Factors: narrow footway, obliging pedestrian
to step onto road; tight bend on Yerton Brae; narrow interval
of B 781 carriageway; speed of traffic joining Yerton Brae
from the A78; presence of pedestrians including children.
Relative Likelihood: High
See above under Generic Assessment
Pedestrian accident with motor vehicle
Margin for Error: there is little margin for error
Minor vehicle-only prangs
Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9, Severe
Cyclist accidents with motor vehicle
For Car Occupants
Possible Outcomes: Less serious
than for pedestrians
Relative Likelihood: Medium
For Cyclists
Possible Outcomes: Near miss,
injury, death
Relative Likelihood: Low - Medium
Area 8 Risk
Level: 9, Severe
The risks are
manageable –
see below under
Hazard
Management
and Mitigation
Hazard Management and Mitigation
Hazard Area
Hazard Ranking
Margin for Error
Risk Level
Contributing Factors
Hazard Area 1: At and near the Barony
Centre
Refer to photos 2 – 4, 8, 9, 71
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9,
Severe
Margin for Error : There is very little if any
margin for error; this applies to all users.
Risk Level: 9+. Severe
The interval of road narrows on the
approaches from east and west;
Controllable Variables / Road
Management Options
Widen carriageway; widen
footways
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
Introduce a One-Way system
Would allow for
pavement widening
there is a blind brow;
on both sides there are intervals of footway
which are too narrow for normal use;
Pros / Cons
presence of many pedestrians, including
children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Comparatively cheap
Suggested Best-Fit Option (s)
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
The secondary entrance to the Barony
Centre is in daily use, and has a footway
width under 0.5m. (The main entrance to the
Barony Centre has been closed. off)
Hazard Area 2 : The Cross and along to Glen
Road T-junction
Refer to photos 5 – 9, 10, 11, 13, 69, 70
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very
Serious
Margin for Error: comparatively low
Lines of sight for vehicles exiting Manse
Road, Hunterston Road and Glen Road;
footways are narrow – around 1m;
Widen carriageway; widen
footways
short stay stop-to-shop causes disorder;
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
presence of many pedestrians, including
children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Introduce a One-Way system
Risk Level: 8, Very Serious
Would allow for
pavement widening
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Comparatively cheap
Hazard Ranking Hazard Area 3: Main Street
and Ritchie Street, between Glen Road and
Arthur Street
Refer to photos 14 – 18, 24, 67 - 69
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
The footways are generally narrow – around
1m or less;
blind brow at Main Street / Ritchie Street
junction in combination with short-stay stop-
Widen carriageway; widen
footways
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Hazard Area
Hazard Ranking
Margin for Error
Risk Level
Contributing Factors
Serious
Margin for Error: there is a little margin for
error.
Risk Level: : 7, Serious
Hazard Area 4: Arthur Street / Alton Street
junction
Refer to photos 19, 21, 24, 25
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
Serious
Margin for Error: there is little margin for
error
Risk Level: 7, Serious
to-shop parking on Ritchie Street - causes
west-bound drivers to drive on right;
Controllable Variables / Road
Management Options
Introduce a One-Way system
Would allow for
pavement widening
Comparatively cheap
Introduce a One-Way system
With a one-way system
from east to west, the
problem of line of sight
to east, when viewed
from Arthur and Alton
streets, would be
removed, or very much
reduced.
presence of many pedestrians, including
children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Limited lines of sight for traffic joining Ritchie
Street;
2 of the 4 footways are narrow
presence of many pedestrians, including
children, and parents with pram / toddler.
Pros / Cons
Suggested Best-Fit Option (s)
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Hazard Area
Hazard Ranking
Margin for Error
Risk Level
Contributing Factors
Hazard Area 5: West End of Ritchie Street
Refer to photos 20, 22, 23, 25 – 28, 63 - 66
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 5,
Significant
Parking bays oblige drivers to drive on right
side of road, into a bend with limited forward
line-of-sight;
Controllable Variables / Road
Management Options
Pros / Cons
Introduce a One-Way system
Fits with preferred
scheme for Hazard
Areas 1 – 4;
comparatively cheap
speed of east-bound approaching vehicles;
presence of pedestrians including children
Hazard Area 6: High Overton Drive junction
with Yerton Brae
Poor line of sight to right for vehicle turning
from Overton Drive;
Refer to photos 30 – 33, 61
narrow footway to south-west;
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 7,
Serious
narrow carriageway to south-west on Yerton
Brae;
Margin for Error: there is little margin for
error
presence of pedestrians including children
Remove parking bays
Does not fit with
preferred scheme for
Hazard Areas 1 - 4
Widen carriageway; widen footway
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
Poor line of sight for vehicles turning onto
Yerton Brae;
Refer to photos 34 – 43, 59, 60
narrow footway;
blind bend on Yerton Brae;
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 8, Very
Serious
poor line of sight for vehicle turning right onto
Low Overton Drive;
Margin for Error: there is little margin for
error
narrow interval of B 781 carriageway;
Risk Level: 8, Very Serious
presence of pedestrians including children
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
Introduce a One-Way system on
Yerton Brae from the east side of
this junction
Would allow for
pavement widening
Widen carriageway; widen
footway; land take to improve lines
of sight
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
Introduce a One-Way system as a
continuation of the proposal for
Hazard Area 6
Would not fit with
proposed One-Way
system for above
Hazard Areas
Risk Level: 7-, Serious
Hazard Area 7: Caldwell Road and Low
Overton Drive junctions with Yerton Brae
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Margin for Error: there is little margin for
error
Risk Level: 5, Significant
Suggested Best-Fit Option (s)
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Comparatively cheap
Would allow for
pavement widening;
would allow for
improved line of sight
up Yerton Brae; would
mitigate adverse effect
of blind bend
Comparatively cheap
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph
Hazard Area 8: Right bend near foot of
Yerton Brae
Narrow footway, requiring pedestrian to step
onto road;
Refer to photos 45, 46, 58
tight bend on Yerton Brae;
Overall Hazard Area Ranking: Level 9,
Severe
narrow interval of B 781 carriageway;
Margin for Error: there is little margin for
error
speed of traffic joining Yerton Brae from the
A78;
presence of pedestrians including children.
Widen carriageway; widen footway
Introduce a One-Way system on
Yerton Brae from the east side of
this junction
Risk Level: 9, Severe
++
Would require
land/property
purchases; very
expensive
Would allow for
pavement widening
Comparatively cheap
Introduce a One-Way system
and widen pavements
And
Reduce speed limit to 20mph