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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...
Vision Zero in Action: Supporting Safer Journeys in Broomfield
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) was out in Broomfield yesterday for a focused Vision Zero Day, as part of the ongoing shared commitment to eliminate all road deaths and serious injuries by 2040. Coinciding with Walk to School Week, our engagement team spent the morning speaking with parents on the school run about road safety and...
Weekly Round-Up: Community Action, Road Safety Education and Targeted Enforcement
Last week, The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) continued to combine education, enforcement, and engagement to drive forward our shared commitment to Vision Zero, a future with no deaths or serious injuries on Essex roads. Engagement on the ground The team attended Clacton Police Station Open Day, joining forces with Essex Fire and Rescue...
51 Miles for 51 Lives: the SERP joins RoadPeace challenge to honour Essex road victims
As part of the RoadPeace Challenge 2025 and UN Global Road Safety Week, Will Cubbin, Partnership Manager for The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP), cycled 51 miles to commemorate the 51 people who lost their lives on Essex roads last year. The challenge, launched by national charity RoadPeace, encourages individuals and organisations to take on a...
Vision Zero in Action: Road Safety Highlights Across Essex
The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) are supporting Vision Zero– a future where no one is killed or seriously injured on Essex roads. Last week, we were out across the county educating young people, engaging communities, and enforcing the rules that keep us all safe. Road safety education in schools Our team delivered practical road safety sessions...
The SERP Weekly Round-Up: Supporting Safer Roads Through Education and Enforcement
As part of our continued commitment to Vision Zero—eliminating deaths and serious injuries on Essex roads, the Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) was out in Pitsea this week, delivering a focused day of action combining both enforcement and education. While the majority of drivers demonstrated safe and responsible behaviour, the enforcement team unfortunately still identified...