With a focus on the enforcement of road traffic laws, the Safer Roads Humber Partnership continues its ‘Share the Road’ campaign. It takes hard work and dedication to pass the driving test and earn the privilege of driving.
Speeding, using a handheld mobile phone while driving, and being impaired by alcohol and drugs can and will result in that privilege being revoked.
According to the latest figures, 41 people died and 434 were seriously injured on the roads of the Humber region in 2021.
Safer Roads Humber Partnership has launched a campaign called Share The Road to reduce these casualties. They also say that we all have a responsibility to change this.
A new scheme has been launched by Humberside Police to help people protect their bicycles from thieves and keep them secure.
In Humberside, since 2018, thefts of cycles have accounted for 3.21% of all crimes. Nationally, thefts of cycles account for 2% of crime, however, in Humberside, thefts of cycles constitute 31%.
Safer Roads Humber is pleased to announce that it is now offering its driver safety courses online.
The partnership is rolling out the courses using Microsoft Teams and clients are being contacted to arrange a suitable date.
Dashcam footage is now being sought by police that shows inappropriate or dangerous driving. Humberside Police have launched a facility to accept footage as they look to make our roads safer.
With one in four drivers now using dashcams, it is hoped the new system will help lead to prosecutions.
Mobile speed cameras will appear on the Humber Bridge for the first time as part of a partnership agreement between the Humber Bridge Board and Safer Roads Humber.
The agreement comes after a survey revealed that two-thirds of drivers were not obeying the 50mph speed restrictions while crossing the bridge.
International Men’s Day will be celebrated at Beverley Fire Station at a special event open to the public.
Taking place on 19 November, International Men’s Day celebrates the positive impact men bring to the world.
Safer Roads Humber is teaming up again with The Under 17 Car Club Charitable Trust to bring its Pathfinder project to East Yorkshire.
In 2018, 587 young people (aged 16 – 24) were killed or injured on the roads of the Humber region, of which 384 were in the East Riding and Hull areas.
Beverley Racecourse today announced it is staging a charity takeover race meeting to support the fantastic work of some of the region’s most worthy causes.
Beverley Racecourse has invited five local charities – Cash for Kids, the Daisy Appeal, Dove House Hospice, Hull Homeless Community Project and R-evolution – to take centre stage at The Great Big Beverley Charity Racenight on Tuesday, June 18.
An award-winning cycle training scheme for refugees in the East Riding has got back on the road for 2019.
Thirty refugees from Syria who have settled in the East Riding to escape the civil war in their country are being given training in cycling skills and road safety to help them navigate the roads in their new country.
ERYC have rejected calls for a crossing to be installed in Beverley saying the road is not busy enough.
Concerns were raised at the number of people needing to cross Woodhall Way at the junction with St Leonard’s Road.
Drivers are being urged not to drink and drive and also to think about the morning after. Safer Roads Humber say that one-fifth of drivers when tested are over the limit the morning after.
Humberside Police are already out and about doing drink driving checks. These are happening at all times of the day and night.
Armed Services Personnel based at DST in Leconfield have been given a lesson in winter road safety.
Safer Roads Humber visited the camp and showed over 200 members of the armed services the dangers faced on our roads.
Safer Roads Humber will be targeting motorists who are using vehicles without insurance.
A joint incentive between police and the Motor Insurers Bureau it aims to highlight the need to vehicle insurance whilst using the region’s road.
On 1 March 2017, the penalty charge for using a hand held mobile phone whilst driving was changed from a £100 fine to £200 and from three to six points on your driving licence. It is now a year since the changes came into place.
Latest figures from Safer Roads Humber show that 658 drivers were detected using a handheld mobile phone whilst driving in 2017 (Jan – Dec 2017) of which over 400 people have had the opportunity to attend a driver training course. This is in comparison to the 1,200 drivers detected in 2016 for the same offence.
Do you consider yourself a better driver than your husband or wife? Have you got more road safety awareness than your son or daughter? Could you show your friends a thing or two when it comes to being king or queen of the roads?
Well now you can put your claim to the test – thanks to some innovative technology and a driving challenge.
Figures released by Humberside Police show that 43 drivers put others lives at risk by getting behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol.
During December police say in all 1055 drivers were given a breath test while 17 were tested for drug driving resulting in four positive tests.
Humberside Police Roads Policing Team in partnership with Safer Roads Humber conducted a week long operation to catch drivers breaking the law