The South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership is shouting out for ‘Safe Roads for All’ as it carries out a series of events in support of Road Safety Week.
Road Safety Week aims to bring together communities and professionals to speak up for everyone’s right to safe and healthy journeys on our roads.
Organised by charity Brake, the campaign will raise awareness of key areas of road safety, including safe vehicles and speeds, the recent updates to the Highway Code and the new hierarchy of road users.
The South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership (SYSRP) is supporting the ambition to keep all road users safe, no matter who they are or how they travel.
Tom Finnegan Smith, chair of the SRP Strategic Board, said: “This campaign underpins all of the work we are doing as a partnership to help people to make safe, healthy and sustainable journeys across our county.
“Our local authority road safety teams, elected members and our partners in the emergency services are working every day to reduce casualties, prevent collisions and protect communities from the tragedy of losing a loved one unnecessarily.
“We are proud to support Brake’s work and to join organisations across the UK in making road safety a top priority and creating Safe Roads For All.”
Throughout the week, there will be a series of young driver-focussed road safety events, including at Doncaster College and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
Community safety officers are hosting Crucial Crew sessions, while South Yorkshire Police’s road crime officers are carrying out ‘proactive’ daily enforcement operations.
All activity will be supported by the partnership’s social media channels. Themes will include active travel, the Safe System, shared responsibility and the fatal four.
Rachel Hayward, head of research, policy and development at Brake, said: “We all use roads and deserve to feel safe when we move around, whether we walk, ride, drive or use public transport.
“Everyone’s safety on roads matters, whether we are young or old, wherever we live and whatever our ability.
“We also all have the right to breathe clean air and be able to move around our communities and between places in ways that are safe and healthy for us and the planet.”
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