Category: WRSP News

Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership (WRSP) has been awarded The British Horse Society (BHS) Tarquin Trophy for excellent service by an organisation or business in the cause of equestrian safety.

Walking can ruin a phone! A new pavement art campaign at selected Warwickshire Secondary Schools warns young people about the dangers of walking and texting.   Walking can really ruin a phone is the important message of a new pavement art campaign from Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership.  The new art installations organised by Warwickshire County… Continue reading Walking can really ruin a phone!

This is because it is currently illegal to ride a privately owned escooter in any public place in Warwickshire and there are serious implications for young people, who break the law by using one, as well as their parents.

Let’s talk about…Speed for Brake Road Safety Week 2023 Warwickshire County Council’s Road Safety Education Team is supporting Brake Road Safety Week which takes place between 19 and 25 November 2023.   The theme of this year’s event is: Let’s talk about…Speed, with the goal of starting essential conversations about safe speeds on our roads.… Continue reading Let’s talk about…Speed for Brake Road Safety Week 2023

The service will take place at St Mary’s Church in Warwick at 3pm on Sunday 19 November – the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims #WDOR2023.

Warwickshire shares Road Safety Week resource Ahead of this year’s Road Safety Week, Warwickshire County Council’s Road Safety Education Team is launching a new digital resource for young people aged 4-12 years.   The resource raises awareness of age-appropriate issues relating to speed and is designed to help young people be safer road users.   … Continue reading Warwickshire shares Road Safety Week resource

Warwickshire Police has appointed a new Road Safety Officer to support Community Speed Watch (CSW) after seeing significant growth in this popular and effective road safety initiative

Representatives from Warwickshire’s Fire and Rescue Prevention Team and Warwickshire County Council Road Safety Education came together on Wednesday the 27th of September at Bedworth Fire Station to gain expert advice about Tyre checks.

The families of people killed or seriously injured on Warwickshire’s roads will be given high quality support from Brake, the road safety charity, as part of a new service commissioned by the county’s Police and Crime Commissioner, Philip Seccombe.

Ten per cent of drivers passed a horse and rider either too fast or too close is the result of an Operation Close Pass for horses that took place on Thursday 21 September 2023 on Smeaton Lane in Brinklow.