Supporting campaigns to end road danger and traffic harm
Download this blog as a pdf here No other offence causes as much death and destruction as does speeding. To commemorate UN Road Safety Week with its core theme of 20mph/30kmh, and with five people still dying each day on Britain’s roads, Action Vision Zero (AVZ) highlights five ways in which speeding is exceptional. 1. …
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Download this blog as a pdf here Our joint PCC manifesto, Commit to Act on Road Danger, calls on Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) and PCC candidates, to have Transparency and Accountability as a key call, with road crime (driving offences) being treated as crime. This has been a long-standing call of road danger reduction …
We were delighted to be part of the Sustainable Transport hustings which were held on Thursday 22nd April as part of the coalition that has come together around the Greater Manchester Mayoral elections 2021. It was an excellent event hosted by Claire Stocks from WalkRideGM and chaired by Hannah Al-Othman from the Sunday Times. There …
Last week (31st March), Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates had the chance to explain how they would reduce road danger in Merseyside, if elected. PCC candidates include Liberal Democrat Kris Brown, and Emily Spurrell from Labour; both are local councillors in Liverpool. Emily had also been the Merseyside Deputy PCC. Bob Teesdale, the Conservative …
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This Wednesday evening (31st March), Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidates in Merseyside will clarify how they would reduce danger and traffic harm if elected. RoadPeace North West is hosting an online meeting where the candidates will be asked about their commitment and proposals to make roads safer, especially for those who are most vulnerable. …
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Last week Laura Laker rightly raised concerns about West Midlands Police’s commitment to protecting people cycling. She highlighted the lack of reporting of police activity on Twitter. As she acknowledged, this is not the whole picture. But it is often the only picture available with data on roads policing activity rarely published. Concerns about a …
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To download this blog as a pdf click here Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) are elected by the public to hold Chief Constables and the police service to account, effectively making the police answerable to the communities they serve. The upcoming PCC elections on May 6th offer an opportunity to address inconsistency and insufficiency in …
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To download this blog as a pdf click here Priority offences Police have limited resources. They do not have the capacity to detect and sanction all motoring offences. Action Vision Zero thinks the priority should be on those offences which pose harm to others, especially those road users more vulnerable. Our four priority offences are: …
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Ever wonder what your police do to reduce the danger posed by road users? Either the actual number of offences they prosecute, what they prioritise or how they compare to other police services? Action Vision Zero has produced an overview for each police service in England and Wales. This is based on the available data …
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Summary In recent years research has uncovered the link between reducing levels of traffic to a decline in the numbers of people who are killed and injured on our roads.Across Great Britain, provisional casualty data is now available for the first 6 months of 2020 (January to June) which includes the first lockdown which began …