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Dozens caught without seatbelts during Clacton road safety operation
Vision Zero Day Clacton brought together enforcement, education, engagement and community road safety activity, with the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) speaking directly to motorists and members of the public about the risks associated with speeding, mobile phone use, careless driving and failing to wear a seatbelt. Two people were also arrested for drug...
Vision Zero Day: tackling risky driving across Epping
A road safety reaction test at Topgolf Chigwell gave players a stark demonstration of just how quickly impairment can affect your ability to drive, while enforcement activity across the district uncovered a multitude of driving offences. Seatbelts were among the biggest concerns identified during a Vision Zero day of action in Epping, with 40...
There Are No Respawns
New Essex campaign challenges young drivers to rethink speed- because there are no second chances on our roads. You can reset a game. You cannot reset a life. That’s the message at the heart of the Safer Essex Roads Partnership’s (SERP) latest speed awareness campaign; There Are No Respawns. Launching across Essex cinemas, social...
Chelmsford Vision Zero Day highlighted the very real risks faced by those working to keep Essex’s roads safe
An incident during a Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) Vision Zero day highlighted the very real risks faced by those working to keep Essex’s roads safe and why visible road safety remains so important. Last week, an Essex police officer was struck by a vehicle during the Chelmsford Vision Zero Day of action after...
From School Gates to Local Businesses: Southend Vision Zero Day Makes an Impact
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) was out across Southend for the latest Vision Zero Day, delivering a coordinated programme of education, engagement and enforcement aimed at creating safer roads for everyone. Speeding Drivers Put Road Workers at Risk One of the most concerning incidents of the day came at locations where Essex Police...
Frinton Vision Zero Day: Schools, Speed Watch and Strong Community Support
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) came together in Frinton-on-Sea for another successful Vision Zero Day, delivering a combination of education, enforcement, and community engagement to help reduce road danger and support Essex’s ambition of eliminating deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Road Safety Starts at the School Gates The day began at...
Face to Face with the Consequences: Schoolchildren Challenge Speeding Drivers in Waltham Abbey
As part of the latest Vision Zero Day, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) brought together education, enforcement and community engagement across Waltham Abbey, with School Speed Watch taking centre stage. What happens when children ask speeding drivers why they were breaking the speed limit? For many motorists in Waltham Abbey, it proved to...
Harwich Vision Zero Day: Road Safety Action Across the Community
From school gates and local businesses to roadside enforcement sites, The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) came together in Harwich for another productive Vision Zero Day, engaging with hundreds of residents while tackling the behaviours that put lives at risk on Essex roads. “It’s Good to See Road Safety Being Taken Seriously” The day began...
Southend Vision Zero Day: The Excuses, The Enforcement, and the Reality of Road Risk
Conversations That Could Save Lives Alongside enforcement, the team engaged directly with road users at the roadside and along Southend seafront. More than 100 vehicles were brought into the site, allowing officers to speak with drivers and passengers about the dangers of mobile phone use and the importance of wearing seatbelts. In total, 123...
Back Your Team: Essex Influencers Back World Cup Anti-Drink Drive Campaign
As the second England game gets underway today, four Essex content creators are joining the Safer Essex Roads Partnership’s (SERP) Back Your Team campaign this summer, to help take a potentially lifesaving road safety message directly to the young men most at risk on Essex roads. Just as football fans rally behind England again...
Essex Fans Encouraged to Blow the Whistle on Drink Driving This World Cup.
A new summer road safety campaign is launching across Essex ahead of the first England game of the 2026 World Cup, urging football fans to back their team by preventing their mates from making dangerous decisions behind the wheel. Led by the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP), “Back Your Team” comes as drink driving...
Vision Zero Day Comes to Brentwood
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) was out across Brentwood as part of the latest Vision Zero Day of Action, combining enforcement, education and community engagement to help make Essex roads safer for everyone. The day began at Larchwood Primary School, where the education team spoke with 83 parents about pedestrian and road safety,...