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Unpredictable Speed Enforcement Boosts Road Safety Across Essex
Targeted speed checks across Essex have helped identify and deter risky driving behaviours. During the summer week of action, Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) partners, Essex Police, delivered a series of road safety operations aimed at preventing harm and protecting communities. As part of a county-wide initiative using a targeted road safety approach, officers...
Weekly Round-Up: Enforcement and Engagement Across Essex
Last week, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) carried out targeted speed enforcement and community engagement across key districts in Essex, reinforcing our commitment to safer roads and Vision Zero. Basildon, Billericay, and Thurrock Activity took place in Vange, Lampits Hill, Brentwood Road, Devonshire Road, and Tank Hill Road in Purfleet. Total offences: 74...
Early Years Road Safety Sessions Relaunched in Chelmsford
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) proudly relaunched its Early Years Road Safety sessions on Friday, kicking off with a visit to Moulsham Infant School in Chelmsford. The session welcomed 90 Reception-aged children and 34 parents across three classes, all eager to learn how to stay safe near roads. Designed to support the Early...
Grays Vision Zero Day: Tackling Risky Roads and Empowering Communities
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) and Essex Police took to the streets of Grays for a Vision Zero Day, combining enforcement and engagement to challenge unsafe driving behaviours and promote road safety across the community. Enforcement Activity The police presence was both visible and welcomed by local councillors and residents, with officers actively...
Keeping Essex Roads Safer- One Conversation, One Check, One Action at a Time Despite the heat, the SERP continued to show up last week; collaborate, and deliver targeted action that supports our Vision Zero ambition- no deaths or serious injuries on Essex roads by 2040. Community Engagement in Clacton The team headed to Clacton’s...
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership Urges Action After 31 Lives Lost on Essex Roads in 2025
As 2025 reaches its halfway point, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) is reflecting on the devastating impact road collisions continue to have across the county. So far this year, 31 lives have been lost on Essex roads, each a person with family, friends, and futures taken or altered in an instant. To tackle this, the...
Operation Limit Cracks Down on Dangerous Drivers in Essex
This weekend saw another high-impact Operation Limit deployment in Essex, targeting high-risk driver behaviours across the Basildon district, as part of the Safer Essex Roads Partnership’s (SERP) commitment to Vision Zero – eliminating all road deaths and serious injuries by 2040. Operation Limit, a SERP-funded policing initiative, focuses on tackling drink and drug driving,...
The SERP Weekly Round-Up: Enforcement, Engagement, and Education in Action
Last week, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) continued its commitment to Vision Zero, the ambition to eliminate all deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by 2040, with targeted enforcement, powerful community engagement, and meaningful road safety education. Vision Zero Day Loughton A focused day of action in Loughton saw partners, Essex Police...
SERP Weekly Round-Up: Education, Engagement and Vision Zero in Action
This week, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) continued to make progress toward Vision Zero, our ambition to eliminate deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by 2040, through a combination of education, enforcement, and community engagement. Pedestrian Training in Brentwood Year 5 pupils at St Thomas’ of Canterbury C of E Primary took...
SERP Weekly Round-Up: Promoting Safer Roads Across Essex
This week, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) continued its mission toward Vision Zero, the commitment to eliminate all road deaths and serious injuries in Essex by 2040- through a mix of enforcement, education, and community engagement. Education in Action Our road safety team delivered practical pedestrian safety sessions to Year 5 pupils at...
Weekly Round-Up: Community Engagement and Continued Enforcement in Essex
Last week may have been quieter than usual due to half term, but the Safer Essex Roads Partnership’s (SERP) mission towards Vision Zero, the shared aspiration toward eliminating deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads by 2040, continued. The team attended Loughton Police Station Open Day on Wednesday, which was a fantastic opportunity to...
How Community Speed Watch is driving change this Volunteers’ Week
As we celebrate Volunteers’ Week, The SERP is shining a light on the everyday people making a huge difference to road safety in their communities, the incredible volunteers behind Community Speed Watch (CSW). Since its launch in 2007, Community Speed Watch Essex has grown into a powerful force for good, with over 1,100 volunteers and 106...