Taking a snapshot of one day, how would you describe yourself? Maybe in a few different ways through the hours: perhaps caregiver at home in the morning, student learning in a midday webinar, leader in the afternoon while working with a colleague who is navigating a new task.

A growing number of UK road safety professionals are joining forces to tackle road deaths and serious injuries - recognising that, however committed and collaborative local efforts may be, they cannot deliver the scale of change needed without leadership and support from national Government.

Newly released data reveals a stark truth: over 2.15 million vehicles failed their MOT in 2023–24 due to tyre defects.
Even more alarming, more than 750,000 of those had been issued tyre-related advisories in the previous test - warnings that appear to have gone unheeded until the risk became critical.

Surrey RoadSafe is the latest organisation to join the Vision Zero Community – the UK’s only dedicated platform for professionals committed to eliminating road deaths and serious injuries.

On paper, they couldn’t be more different. George, a popular YouTuber with a loyal following among car modification enthusiasts. Owen Messenger, a road policing sergeant dedicated to reducing risk on the roads. But what began as a knock on the door quickly became one of the most impactful road safety partnerships in UK history.

Across the three counties of West Mercia (Herefordshire, Shropshire and Worcestershire), mature drivers have been a regular fixture on our annual engagement and campaigns plan for a number of years, but we didn’t seem to have an engaging product or campaign to deliver to them.

I can always remember a watershed moment when I first took notice of motoring policy which was when I was queuing for fuel at a petrol station at the height of the fuel protests in 2000.