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Northants Police Committed To Road Safety
Author: James Rudd Published: 23rd March 2011 13:30
Northants Police committed to road safety

Northamptonshire Police remains committed to making our roads safe and will continue to run operations to tackle motorists found to be breaking the law.

This pledge comes after the decision to dissolve the Northamptonshire Casualty Reduction Partnership from April 1, following the withdrawal of funding.

Although the Partnership will cease to exist, police operations to tackle those motorists found to be breaking the law will continue, with officers involved in the annual drink drive campaigns, mobile speed camera operations and the Fatal Four campaign.

Northamptonshire Police will also be operating four mobile safety camera vans that will continue to be deployed to those areas of the county where speeding has been identified as a concern.

Chief Inspector Sean Bell from Specialist Operations, said: “Although the Casualty Reduction Partnership will no longer exist from 1 April, I would like to reassure people that we remain committed to keeping the county’s roads as safe as possible.

“We take the issue of road safety extremely seriously and will continue to take part in operations to tackle those people who put other people’s lives at risk.

“Driving under the influence of drink or drugs, using a mobile phone, speeding and not wearing a seatbelt are the four key causes of collisions involving death or serious injury in the UK, and our Fatal Four campaign targets and will continue to target, motorists committing those offences.”

As well as the annual drink drive operations and the Fatal Four campaign, officers from our Safer Community Teams will continue to work alongside partners to tackle specific road safety concerns.

Last year we saw a further reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured on Northamptonshire’s roads, the lowest number since official records began in 1960.

Twenty-five people lose their lives on Northamptonshire’s roads in 2010. This represents a 48 per cent reduction compared to the baseline period of 1994 to 1998 when an average of 48 people lost their lives per year and is something we want to continue reducing.

Chief Inspector Bell, said: “Our Community Safety Teams will also continue to take part in various road safety operations when concerns have been raised with them, including drink drive, speeding and illegal parking operations.

“We will also continue to operate four mobile safety camera units that will be deployed across the county when a need to tackle speeding motorists arises.”