"Traffic Management" is an engineering term used to describe measures on the highway to regulate traffic flow and driver behaviour in order to improve road safety.

The Traffic Management and Road Safety Unit is a team of eight, both police and support staff, based at Police Headquarters, who deal with all aspects of road safety, the movement of abnormal loads within the force area, data collection and interpretation, time trials and road races.

They respond to formal consultations on traffic management issues; to informal consultation from local authorities and to correspondence from members of the public.

The unit ensures that the force has a consistent approach to road safety issues across the many local authority areas it covers. Their remit covers many aspects, from measures such as new speed limits, traffic calming schemes and the like, to such things as road works and defective road furniture or markings.

Road safety is the overriding consideration behind any decision made by the unit regarding the introduction of traffic management features on the highway. The likely results on traffic congestion must also be taken into account, as must the enforcement implications.

To contact the Traffic Management team please write to;

Traffic Management

Avon and Somerset Constabulary

Police Headquarters

PO Box 37, Valley Road

Portishead

Bristol BS20 8QJ