Teams from across South Yorkshire are lending their weight to Road Safety Week in a shout-out for ‘Safe Roads for All’.

Road safety teams from SYSRP will be delivering school and college sessions this week

Road Safety Week is organised by charity Brake and works to raise awareness of key areas of road safety, including safe vehicles and speeds, the recent updates to the Highway Code and the new hierarchy of road users.

The South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership (SYSRP) is supporting the ambition to keep all road users safe, no matter who they are or how they travel.

Tom Finnegan Smith, chair of the SRP Strategic Board, said: “This campaign underpins all of the work we are doing as a partnership to help people to make safe, healthy and sustainable journeys across our county.

“Our local authority road safety teams, elected members and our partners in the emergency services are working every day to reduce casualties, prevent collisions and protect communities from the tragedy of losing a loved one unnecessarily.

“We are proud to support Brake’s work and to join organisations across the UK in making road safety a top priority and creating Safe Roads For All.”

In line with the partnership’s on-going strategy to prevent casualties and collisions, r, Community Safety officers will be continuing the Crucial Crew scheme and South Yorkshire Police’s proactive road crime officers will carrying out daily enforcement.

Young driver-focused road safety events are also being held throughout the week, including at Doncaster College on Tuesday (15 November) and the Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) on Thursday (17 November).

The partnership’s social media channels will also focus on the campaign, exploring themes such as active travel, the Safe System, shared responsibility and the fatal four.

To sign up to Road Safety Week 2022, visit www.brake.org.uk/road-safety-week.