11/12/2024
Drivers and riders have a legal responsibility to comply with the law on drink and drug driving. Impairment significantly increases the risk of collisions and can have devastating consequences.
As we enter the festive season and this time of celebration, Road Safety Wales is highlighting the importance of making the right choices to ensure that everyone arrives home safely.
Alcohol gives a false sense of confidence, judgement will be affected, reflex responses are decreased, and reaction times are slower.
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10/12/2024
“I am committed to fundamentally changing the way bus services are delivered in Wales” – Transport Secretary, Ken Skates
Plans to radically change the way local bus services are delivered across Wales, putting people and communities first, are progressing well.
The new franchising model will replace the current de-regulated system by enabling public, private or third sector operators to bid for packages of local bus services. It will also lift the restrictions on existing publicly owned bus companies, putting them on an equal footing with other bus operators.
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05/12/2024
Thousands of potholes and hundreds of road repairs and upgrades are helping keep city traffic on the move in Swansea, backed by £8.1m of council funding.
Since April more than 4,200 potholes have been fixed alongside a number of major road resurfacing projects in communities across the city.
In October alone Swansea’s team filled in 445 potholes, more than 95% of them within 48 hours of being reported by members of the public.
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04/12/2024
A popular scheme allowing designated drivers to receive free draught soft drinks has been relaunched in South Wales.
The initiative, which will run over the Christmas period and until the start of January, has already seen more than 80 premises sign up.
A designated driver is someone who abstains from drinking alcohol to act as the responsible driver and the aim of the scheme is to promote responsible drinking with road safety in mind.
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28/11/2024
Road Safety Wales, the partnership between Welsh local authorities, emergency services, GoSafe, the Welsh Government and RoSPA, is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Chair, Rhys John-Howes and Vice Chair, Kayleigh Tonkins.
The partnership is extremely grateful to the outgoing Chair, Teresa Ciano for her leadership for the past six years and her dedication to road safety; we wish her every success for the future.
The new appointments bring a wealth of road safety experience and knowledge to their roles. Rhys John-Howes has been employed in the road safety sector since 2002 and as a Road Safety Officer for Carmarthenshire County Council arrives with a commitment to sustaining co-operation and interaction between all key partners across Wales.
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27/11/2024
Parents are being warned to think twice before buying electric scooters for Christmas at the risk of falling foul of the law.
While an e-scooter may seem a tempting present to buy loved ones this festive season, Dyfed-Powys Police is urging parents to consider the potential risks and legal implications, before they fork out hundreds of pounds on what could be a wasted gift.
In the UK, privately owned e-scooters are only legal to use on private land with the landowner’s permission. While it is not illegal to buy e-scooters, is an offence to ride them on public roads, pavements, parks and cycle paths.
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25/11/2024
Over the last 24 hours, the picture has become clearer of the impact of Storm Bert across Rhondda Cynon Taf. The county saw over a month’s worth of rain falling in a very short period. Throughout Sunday morning, the contact centre took nearly 600 calls from residents reporting issues.
Today, officers are out inspecting highways and infrastructure, with emergency highways works already being undertaken, such as on the A4059 in Mountain Ash.
People travelling should be aware that emergency works may be required at short notice so disruption should be expected. The Pipe Feeder Footbridge at Abercynon, which was being replaced after damage in Storm Dennis was washed away by the river surge and the impact of this is currently being assessed.
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15/11/2024
Cheaper bus travel will once again be applied across Rhondda Cynon Taf over the upcoming festive period – with a maximum single fare of £1 being applied to local journeys in December 2024.
The subsidised cost for bus journeys will apply for the entire month, from Sunday 1 December to Tuesday 31 December. It will apply to all journeys that start and end within the Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough boundary and will be adopted by all bus operators. This will apply from the first service to the last service each day, with no time restrictions in place for commuters.
This is the fifth period since summer 2023 when the £1 maximum bus fare has been applied in Rhondda Cynon Taf. These included the festive period last year and was most-recently used over the six-week summer holiday in 2024.
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15/11/2024
Officers from North Wales Police are getting behind a national campaign which aims to reduce the number of uninsured drivers on the UK’s roads.
The Roads Crime Unit, supported by colleagues from other policing teams, are backing the week-long initiative as part of the Force’s commitment to reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads.
Inspector Leigh Evans of the Force’s Roads Crime Unit said: “Reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads remains our priority and removing uninsured drivers from our roads helps to do just that.
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12/11/2024
The Cabinet Secretary for Transport and North Wales Ken Skates has welcomed Flintshire County Council becoming the first local authority to announce the start of the statutory process on roads where changes to the 20mph speed limit may take place.
Local authorities have been in the process of listening and reviewing feedback from people, business, and communities across Wales to ensure 20mph is targeted on the right roads. This follows the publication of revised guidance by the Welsh Government in July to support them.
Flintshire County Council has begun publishing their Transport Regulation Orders (TRO) for roads they have assessed could possibly be safely changed back to 30mph by starting with a proposal to change the speed limit on two roads in Flintshire.
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