Bike safety: Pictured Pupils from St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School taking part in a Bikeability course. Schoolchildren from across the North East have joined road safety partners and the emergency services in urging drivers to take a second look for cyclists after new figures revealed more than half of collisions involving bikes were [...]
None for the road: Pictured cheering on England at the Transporter Bridge in Middlesbrough are PC Vicky Carr-Duffy and PC Neil Armstrong, both of Cleveland Police, with Linthorpe Community Primary School pupils Adam, Zeenat, Omar and Blessing. People planning to enjoy the FIFA World Cup are being urged to leave their car at home [...]
Look twice: Taking a second look could save a biker’s life. Motorists are being urged to take a second look for motorbikes after new figures revealed that more than half of motorcyclists involved in collisions in the North East were killed or seriously injured. Road Safety GB North East (RSGB NE) reported that the [...]
None for the road: It takes at least one hour for a single unit of alcohol to work its way out of your body. Motorists are being reminded about the dangers of drink/drug driving this Christmas as the latest figures show too many deaths and injuries on the region’s roads are linked to people over [...]
Stay safe: Children from the Pauline Quirke Academy are supporting the pedestrian campaign. Pictured (L-R) are Maisie, Isaac, Daniel, Aloiye, and Olivia. Drivers are being urged to watch out for children on North East roads after the latest figures showed that boys aged between 11 and 13 are one of the highest risk pedestrian [...]
Think bike: Biker Darren Edwards is appealing for people to take a second look for bikes Motorists are urged to take a second look for motorbikes as it’s revealed that during the past year, the number of biker collisions and fatalities has risen across the region. During the last five years over half of [...]
Stay safe: Students from Stockton Riverside College are supporting the pedestrian campaign. Pictured (L-R) are Lily Richardson Vipan, Keiran Beattie-Lewis, Imogen Slingsby, Delroy Witbeen, and Layla Walker. A road safety campaign is aiming to safeguard young people after the latest figures revealed that 58% of serious and fatal road collisions involving 11-17-year-olds occurred during [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
