Nextbase is urging road users to join together to help eradicate the most dangerous drivers this Road Safety Week with the help of its online police portal.

The Nextbase National Dash Cam Safety Portal allows road users – not just drivers with dash cams – to easily submit footage to police forces across the UK

This year’s Road Safety Week is focused on ‘Safe Roads for All’ – highlighting that everyone has a right to be safe on the roads, no matter how they travel.

But a survey this year of more than 2,000 drivers for Nextbase found illegal incidents were still rife on UK roads.

Drivers saw an average of 14 illegal incidents a week and 72% had been involved in a ‘near-miss’ incident themselves. Yet 75% had never reported an illegal incident to the police.

Launched four years ago, the Nextbase National Dash Cam Safety Portal allows road users – not just drivers with dash cams – to easily submit footage to police forces across the UK.

It’s already seen 63,000 submissions. And police forces are reporting that this new system is “saving lives now”, with 70% of reports resulting in further action, including warning letters, fines and court cases.

Nextbase head of road safety Bryn Brooker said the portal would help police do the vital work of educating those driving badly – or keeping them off the road altogether.

“We all need to do our bit this Road Safety Week to make the roads safer for everyone. Everyone has a right to use the roads safely – whether in a car, bus, cycle or horse. Making that a reality requires not just better behaviour from individual road users, but a culture of safety, with dangerous behaviour called out and acted on.”

Brooker added that while the company was proud of the 60,000+ submissions that have now been made through the portal, there was still far too much dangerous driving happening on the UK’s roads.

“So next time you see someone on the roads breaking the rules and putting others in serious danger, don’t just ignore it, use the portal for what it was crated for – reporting the most perilous offenders on our roads and helping to make them safer for all,” he added.