13/04/2015
Welsh police have caught more than 1,250 vehicle occupants not wearing their seat belts in just two weeks - including eight children. The South Wales, Dyfed Powys, North Wales and Gwent forces teamed up for March's campaign, which was aimed at raising awareness amongs drivers and passengers of the dangers of not wearing seatbelts in the event of a collision.
Some 360 adults were found not to be wearing a seatbelt on the roads of South Wales, while in Dyfed-Powys 716 adults and eight children were caught. The total number of people caught across Wales was 1,257.
South Wales Police Chief Inspector Martyn Stone: "Our focus is on educating drivers about the risks to themselves and others of not wearing a seatbelt and the potential harm that can be caused by passengers in the back of the car who are not strapped in.
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08/04/2015
Sixty three child car seats needed an adjustment after being checked by Powys County Council, it has been revealed.
Ninety checks were carried out by officers from the council’s Road Safety Unit during a week of Car Seat Clinics around the county at the end of March. The checks were carried out in Newtown, Brecon, Machynlleth, Ystradgynlais and Llandrindod Wells.
Road Safety Officers checked the fit and suitability of the child car seats and found that only 26 of the seats did not need any adjustment. 23 of the seats needed a major adjustment while 40 seats needed a minor adjustment and 1 seat was not suitable for the vehicle it was being used in.
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01/04/2015
An operation aimed at reducing motorcycle-related deaths and serious injuries on the roads of North Wales begins this weekend (Good Friday, April 3).
Operation Darwen is a force-wide campaign which runs from Easter through until early autumn which is aimed at motorcycle safety and reducing casualties on our roads.
Historically high numbers of motorcyclists descend onto North Wales due to the challenging nature of the roads in areas of outstanding natural beauty such as Snowdonia. Motorcyclists are more at risk of being killed or seriously injured in a road traffic collision than any other road user, representing 1% of road traffic but accounting for 18% of all fatalities.
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01/04/2015
A Road Safety Wales information leaflet and poster have been developed to make road users aware of the five main causes of road traffic collisions and injuries in Wales.
The bilingual leaflet covers:
Drinking and Driving - Don’t risk being one of the 100,000 drink or drug drivers caught each year, or you could face a minimum 12 month ban, a large fine, a criminal record or even imprisonment. Stay alive don’t drink and drive.
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