The number of bikers killed or seriously injured on North East roads in the last five years has risen by 8%. Despite a fall of 30% in all biker casualties, the number of bikers who have lost their lives or been seriously injured has increased. Campaign group Road Safety GB North East (RSGB NE) [...]
Drivers are being urged to take extra care as snow and ice are expected to continue to make road conditions treacherous. Between 2013 and 2017, 412 people were killed or injured in collisions on North East roads when snow was recorded to be prevalent. More than a third of them involved cars that skidded [...]
Motorists are being urged to give cyclists more room when overtaking with the launch of a new road safety campaign designed to eradicate ‘close pass’ drivers. Road Safety GB North East (RSGB NE) is being joined by police, fire officers, and the Police and Crime Commissioners from both Cleveland and Durham, in the regional [...]
A teenager who miraculously survived after stepping off a bus and running into the path of a car has given her support to a new North East road safety campaign that is urging people to ‘Look Out for Each Other’. Emily Armitage was 15 when she leapt off a bus and, distracted by her [...]
