Swansea East AM Mike Hedges has been named road safety parliamentarian of the month for May 2015 by the charity Brake and Direct Line Group. The award recognises the Swansea AM’s work to make walking and cycling to schools in Llansamlet safer, enabling more kids to enjoy healthy, active travel. Mike becomes the first Welsh Assembly Member to be … [Read more...]
Road safety event scheduled for Wales
Road safety charity Brake is urging the people of Cardiff to improve road safety in their community by attending a training course on Wednesday 17 June to help them to spread vital road safety messages to young people. Brake is working hard to improve young peoples’ road safety in Wales through Brake’s highly acclaimed campaign work. Educators, … [Read more...]
Serious safety recalls hit five year high
Recalls of motor vehicles models posing a serious safety risk are at their highest since 2010, according to an analysis by international law firm Pinsent Masons. Research conducted by the firm found that in 2014, 195 recalls for motor vehicle models were issued, more than at any point in the last five years. Pinsent Masons says the increase … [Read more...]
South Wales roads are safest in UK
South Wales has the lowest rates for the most serious road casualties recorded per head of population in British Parliamentary Constituencies. Four Cardiff constituencies, along with Torfaen and Newport West, rank in the bottom 10 of all constituencies for residents killed or seriously injured. Constituencies where KSI rates are lower for residents are … [Read more...]
Welsh MP wins UK road safety award
Susan Elan Jones, MP for Clwyd South, has been given a prestigious national road safety award for her long-running campaign for tougher sentences for drivers who kill or seriously injure. Susan was named as one of two Parliamentarians of the Year for 2014 by road safety charity Brake. She received the award at the charity's annual reception at the … [Read more...]
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