The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) has continued proactive activity across Essex throughout the past month, supporting local communities, tackling speeding concerns and widening the road safety footprint across both urban and rural areas.
Essex Police officers carried out enforcement activity at community concern locations, vulnerable road user sites including schools, key cycling and motorcycle routes, and major arterial roads across the county.
Throughout April, enforcement activity took place across South Essex including Basildon, Billericay, Ramsden Heath, Rettendon, Wickford and Southend, alongside activity in North Essex covering Braintree, Uttlesford, Colchester, Tendring, Thorrington, Saffron Walden, Manningtree, Harwich and Chelmsford.
In West Essex, officers were also deployed across Hutton, Shenfield, Margaretting, Stock, Ingatestone, Harlow and Epping Forest. Key arterial routes including the A12, A13, A120 and A130 also saw targeted enforcement activity throughout the month.
The team supported four Operation Vision Zero days of action across the county and joined Community Speed Watch volunteers at five roadside locations, helping strengthen relationships with residents and support ongoing community led road safety work.
Protecting vulnerable road users remained a priority, with officers carrying out enforcement at five school sites and three popular motorcycle and cycling routes across weekends, to help improve safety for riders and pedestrians alike. The team also targeted five repeat speeding hotspots identified through Community Speed Watch monitoring data, ensuring enforcement was both intelligence-led and responsive to local concerns.
Rural road safety remained another key focus area throughout the month, with enforcement activity taking place in Layer de la Haye, Panfield, Walton, Frinton, Elsenham, Great Totham, Heybridge, Thaxted, Woodham Ferrers and Bicknacre.
Alongside enforcement, over 200 residents stopped to speak with officers at the roadside, school pupils learned about road safety with teams during School Speed Watch activity and many passing drivers showed support to the youngsters.
In total, 3,535 offences were identified during April’s enforcement activity.
The latest activity forms part of the ongoing Vision Zero approach across Essex, combining enforcement, engagement and education to reduce road deaths and serious injuries across the county.
