Road safety week campaign date is agreed

Road safety charity Brake is set to coordinate the week

THE NEXT road safety week will encourage everyone to play a part in creating safe streets.

The event will run between November 18 and 24 this year and will be coordinated by road safety charity Brake.

Every 20 minutes, someone is killed or seriously injured on a British road, yet each of these tragedies is preventable.

Road Safety Week 2019 will share how a focus on design can stop human error from causing death or serious injury on the roads. It will also encourage walking and cycling, helping keep everyone safe, fit and healthy.

A spokesperson said: “The week-long campaign will encourage everyone to ‘step up’ and play a part in the creation of a safe and healthy future.

“Everyone can step up by pledging to use roads safely, minimise vehicle use and shout out for design-led solutions.

“Schools can help young people step up and learn how to create a safe and healthy future and shout out for change, while organisations can step up their policies and procedures to ensure they choose design-led solutions.

“Finally, emergency service professionals can step up to highlight their vital role in helping keep us safe and policymakers can step up by developing and mandating proven design-led solutions.”

Joshua Harris, director of campaigns for Brake, said: “Road Safety Week provides a unique opportunity, every year, to focus the public, organisations and policy-makers’ attention on the importance of road safety.

“With someone being killed or seriously injury on a British road every 20 minutes, each one a preventable tragedy, there is still huge progress to be made.

“We believe that it is everyone’s human right to be able to get around in a safe and healthy way every day.

“That is why this year, from 18-24 November, we want everyone to “Step up for Safe Streets” and learn about, shout about and celebrate the amazing design-led solutions that can help us create a safe and healthy future for all.”

Brake’s efforts for Road Safety Week will be supported through working with campaigners, community groups, road safety professionals, companies and schools.

Anyone interested in taking part can register for a free action pack via www.roadsafetyweek.org.uk