Safer Roads Partnership

Welcome to the website of the Safer Roads Partnership in West Mercia.

Our aim is simple; to work with our Partner agencies to help make West Mercia's roads safer for all. This website will give you our latest news and campaigns, together with links to some useful organisations and answers to some of your frequently asked questions. We welcome your input so if you have any questions or concerns please contact us on the link at the top pf the page.

Latest campaign

Our latest campaign focus on the 17-24 age group and speeding. The campaign, called ‘Best Mate’, is based around a short film showing three young friends enjoying a game of beach volleyball. The sense of fun and exuberance is replaced by feelings of guilt and remorse for one player as he sees the fourth member of the ‘gang’ watching from the sidelines, unable to join the others having lost a leg in a car crash. The campaign states ‘You crashed the car, your mate has to live with it’. Young people are at greatest risk of being injured or killed in road traffic collisions. In 2006 for example, 32,677 17-21 year old car users were killed or injured in Great Britain and 17-21 year olds represented a quarter of car users killed (DfT figures). Visit our News page to find out more or visit www.best-mate.net to view the film.

Latest campaign

We are currently undergoing a public opinion survey and welcome your feedback. To take part in our survey online please click here.