Warwickshire Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith and Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chair of Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership, Philip Seccombe have joined over thirty senior leaders from across policing, local government and road safety to call for the money raised from road safety fines, including from speeding, to be reinvested in local road safety schemes.

In a joint letter to the government, led by West Midlands PCC Simon Foster and  Mayor Richard Parker, senior leaders including the Chief Constable and Police and Crime Commissioner are asking the Government to allow a West Midlands-led trial where the money raised from fixed penalty notices would be retained and reinvested directly into preventing and tackling careless, dangerous and reckless driving and reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads.  

Chief Constable Alex Franklin-Smith said, “Currently, the revenue from road safety-related fixed penalty fines goes straight to the Treasury. Whilst we strongly welcome the Government’s commitment to a new national Road Safety Strategy, we need to increase our investment in improving road safety if we are to reduce the number of people killed and injured on Warwickshire’s roads every year, and this proposal would allow us to do that.” 

Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner and Chair of Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership Philip Seccombe said “As a partnership this money would go a long way to making our roads safer and reducing collisions.  This is about saving lives, reducing crime, and delivering safer roads.” 

In Warwickshire, we have committed to the target of reducing the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads by 50% by 2030.  

⚠️Warwickshire key facts 

Over £3.5million in fines went to the Treasury from Warwickshire in the last financial year  

In 2024 speed was a factor in 1 in 6 fatal collisions in Warwickshire 

In 2024, 25 people died, 299 people were seriously injured and 1467 people were slightly injured in collisions on Warwickshire’s roads.