Route risk assessment

Running along roads accessible by the general public.

Route – 10K circular route from Timperley Village car parkHAZARDS Who might be

harmed?Settings (physical settings & activities)

Mitigations

Spreading / transmission of COVID-19 through contact with disease on a surface

Group leaders; runners; members of the public

Meeting point/finish point

Meeting point supports social distancing

Numbers attending the session are limited

No contact with surfaces required at meeting points

Routes Route is free from obstacles that need to be touched

Spreading / transmission of COVID-19 through air borne transmission of the disease by an infected person

Group leaders; runners; members of the public

Meeting point/finish point

Meeting point supports social distancing

Numbers attending the session are limited

Groups encouraged to disperse at the end and don’t wait for other groups to finish

Pre-meeting Members have to book a place and confirm they have no symptoms and will abide by rules

All members are aware

of the need to not attend the run if they are showing any symptoms of COVID or have been in contact with a person displaying signs or has tested positive

Routes Small groups leave at different times with fastest group going first

Groups organized according to the rule of 6

Runners can maintain distance between each other on route

Route is on quiet streets away from busy urban centres along roads with low density housing, so contact with the public can be minimized

Route contains mainly wide pavements adjacent to quiet roads to allow social distancing to be maintained.

Injury from traffic accident

Group leaders; runners; members of the public

Routes There is are the following busy main roads to cross with a suitable crossing point available for each: - Shaftesbury

Avenue – cross at traffic lights

- Thorley Lane – cross at traffic lights

- Hale Road 1 – cross at traffic island

- Hale Road 2 – cross

at pelican crossing