Road safety, speeding and dangerous driving blight far too many of our rural villages and urban neighbourhoods. In 2022, a total of 28 people were killed on the roads of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland [down from 38 in 2011] and 280 were seriously injured. The number of cyclists involved in an accident fell from 170 in 2012 to 80 last year. Pedestrian injuries have similarly fallen from 180 to 90. E-scooters have been involved in a worrying number of accidents, especially as many use them without insurance or adequate training.
I will:
- Campaign for the extension of enforcement action on e-scooters and illegal e-bikes.
- Continue working with the Road Safety Partnership to improve road safety across our city and two counties.
- Fully support schemes giving road safety education to all road users, providing subsidised roadcraft lessons where appropriate.
- Recommend that the police continue to enforce speed limits and all rules of the road, prosecuting offenders when possible.
- Support parish councils to utilise Community Speed Watch projects.
- Work constructively with councils, National Highways and others to make our roads as safe as possible.
- Work with local authority partners to find innovative ways of dealing with road racers who blight our communities. I will , lobby government for national policy intervention and call for a more robust approach to targeted enforcement. .
