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‘Life on a Bike’ campaign aims to prevent biker deaths and injuries
Look twice: Keen riders (from left) Les Adam, Suzy Baylin and Richard Baylin are supporting the biker campaign. Motorists are being urged to take a second look for motorbikes after it was revealed that more than half of biker collisions on North East roads have resulted in riders being killed or seriously injured. Local authority campaign group Road Safety GB North East (RSGB NE) [...]
Give drink and drug driving the red card for Euros 2024
None for the road: Pictured cheering on England near the Transporter Bridge are pupils from Tilery School with Road Safety Officer and Stockton Council’s principal engineer Anthony Wilton and members from Cleveland Police and Cleveland Fire Brigade. People across the North East are being urged to kick drink and drug driving out of the Euros as the football tournament prepares to get underway this [...]
Pupils join the call for drivers to slow down
Pictured: Timothy Hackworth Primary School’s young Junior Road Safety Officers pictured with teacher Mrs Dykes. Pupils have joined the call for drivers to slow down after the latest figures showed that one fifth of fatalities on North East roads involved a speeding driver. Children from Timothy Hackworth Primary School in Shildon, in County Durham and Errington Primary School in Marske, have thrown their weight [...]
Campaign to save young people on the roads
Pictured: Students from Stockton Riverside College, involved in the road safety campaign are, pictured L-R, Connor Errington, Geoffrey Wood, Laura Lillystone, Emily Howard, Sienna Pounder, and Delroy Witbeen. Young motorists are being urged to drive with care after the latest figures released by Road Safety GB North East (RSGB NE) showed the highest number of fatalities in the region since 2017. Young drivers aged [...]
Pupils join call for drivers to look out for cyclists after deaths and serious injuries remain high
Pictured: Pupils from West Park Academy, pictured L-R, with Darlington Borough Council’s Road Safety Support Officer Liz Hart, are Elliott, Alex, Felicity, Connie and Libby Pupils have joined road safety experts and the emergency services in urging drivers to take a second look for bikes after the latest figures showed cyclist casualties continue to be stubbornly high. Children from West Park Academy in Darlington [...]
Fans urged to give drink and drug driving the boot during World Cup 2022
People across the North East are being urged to kick drink and drug driving out of the World Cup by taking a zero tolerance approach when it comes to road safety. Children from Harlow Green Community Primary School in Gateshead have joined Road Safety GB North East and the emergency services to encourage people to enjoy the football, but to say no to getting [...]
Pupils call for better road safety ahead of peak season for collisions involving children
**Featured image: The children of St Bede’s Catholic Primary School in Sacriston share their road safety messages. Pictured from back left are Daisy, Lydia, Harper, Jude, and Beth. Youngsters are urging people to take better care on the roads after the latest figures showed that more than 2,600 children were injured or killed on North East roads in the past five years. Pupils at [...]
Over half of collisions involving cyclists caused by drivers failing to see bikes
**Featured image: Pictured from left are members of Durham University Cycling Club Harvey Leak-Smith, Douglas Phillips and Aydin Rezazadeh. Motorists are being urged to look twice for bikes after the latest figures revealed that over half of collisions involving cyclists were caused by drivers simply failing to see them. With almost 2,500 cyclists injured on North East roads during the last five years, including [...]