1 October – 31 October 2026
Tyre Safety Month
Organised by TyreSafe 
Every October, TyreSafe’s Tyre Safety Month promotes the importance of tyre maintenance for road safety. TSM highlights the dangers of driving on poorly maintained or illegal tyres, working towards a future where no one is harmed by tyre-related incidents on UK roads.
For more details contact: theteam@tyresafe.org

26 October – 8 November 2026
NPCC Operation Insight
Organised by National Police Chiefs Council
Operation Insight will be focus on two VRUs: pedestrians and horse riders, due to the spike seen in November. The operation will start on 26th October as this is when the clocks change and to also cover
Halloween. The operation will also cover the importance of eyesight and drivers meeting the minimum standard to support the road safety strategy and due to the number of collisions involving older drivers where poor eyesight was a contributory factor.
For more details please contact virginia.ellis@westmidlands.police.uk