Merseyside Police’s Roads Policing Department will undertake a number of events across the region as part of Road Safety Week. The campaign calls for drivers across the North West to focus on road safety to prevent crashes.




Officers from Merseyside Police, working with local authorities and Mersey Fire and Rescue Service across the county, will carry out a number of activities over the course of the week that will focus on both education and enforcement. These activities include school education sessions with primary and secondary schools and other engagement activities with members of the public and working with local businesses.

Chief Inspector Tony Jones from Merseyside Police Roads policing unit said: “Merseyside Police are committed to improving the safety of our roads and reducing the numbers of people killed and seriously injured each year.

“This campaign is aimed at raising driver awareness of the potential consequences of poor driving, not only on them but also on other road users.

“We have seen the significant sentences that have been passed recently on drivers whose standards drop even momentarily.

“Road safety week will hopefully make people think about their driving and reduce those that are effected by the sometimes devastating effects of poor driving.”

Rebecca Power from the Merseyside Road Safety Partnership said: “Ultimately we want to encourage people to drive safely and within the speed limits, so that everyone can stay as safe as possible on the roads. There are no excuses for dangerous behaviour whilst driving or for speeding, think safety first”.

Our website address:
http://www.no-excuses.org.uk/

A full breakdown of activities is below -

Monday – Kid’s Court – Avalon school, West Kirby. This will focus on speeding drivers who will be invited to be interviewed by the children about their driving. Twitter - #merseykidscourt

Tuesday – Road safety engagement event – Williamson Square including the ‘Crash car’

Wednesday –
• Engagement activity and enforcement
• Twitter question and answer session with Sergeant Paul Mountford #RoadsQ&A
• Cycling engagement event
• DWP staff engagement / Wirral

Thursday –
• Enforcement and engagement targeting cyclists in particular those without lights
• Primary school in Eccleston, St Helens using the ‘Crash car’

Friday – Scrambler bike awareness event in Tuebrook

Saturday – Brake road Safety week RTC demonstration / Asda Huyton