Identity area
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Safety Policy and Education Branch
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Road User Safety Branch
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The Safety Policy and Education Branch, originally called the Road User Safety Branch, has its origins in the Road User Safety Office, which was formed in 1992 from the former Safety Coordination and Development Office; as well as the Community Safety Office which developed, at least in part, into the Road Safety Marketing Office in the mid-1990s. These two units (or in the case of the Road User Safety Office, its successors: the Road User Policy Office and Safety Research Office) combined to form the Road User Safety Branch sometime in the 1999-2000 fiscal year. The branch was part of the Safety and Regulation Division.
In 2002, a minor restructuring occurred in which the Road User Safety Division was created, however, the Road User Safety Branch itself was renamed the Safety Policy and Education Branch and continued as part of the Road User Safety Division. It remained largely unchanged after the restructuring except for the absence of any additional special projects. A minor change occurred to the Road Safety Program Office around 2009 when it was further subdivided into two offices according to policy versus research activities.
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The Safety Policy and Education Branch (formerly the Road User Safety Branch) is primarily responsible for programs to develop and publicly promote road user safety in conjunction with stakeholders. This branch provides strategic policy planning and development, including stakeholder management of specific driver and vehicle safety policies to promote road user safety. It also undertakes road safety research and comprehensive jurisdictional scanning for best practices. SPEB develops and promotes road safety programs through marketing, public education and working with road safety partners.
At various times, the branch also included special projects and offices such as the Drive Clean Project, Red Light Enforcement Pilot Project, Stolen and Salvage Vehicle Project, the Vehicle Impoundment Project, and the Safe Driving Secretariat. Some of the aforementioned groups facilitated programs originating in other ministries.
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RAD: Rules for Archival Description, 2nd edn (2008)
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2026-11-16: migrated to AtoM
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Government of Ontario telephone directories
Government of Ontario KWIC (keywords in context) indexes
Ministry of Transportation business plans 2000, 2001, 2002
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Archivist(s):
Shimpo