We're supporting a national campaign to help keep the roads of Gwent safe
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Officers from our Roads Policing and Specialist Operations (RPSO) unit will be out and about as part of a national campaign, helping to keep our roads safe.
The two-week educational campaign, starting Monday 11 September, will see our officers help keep all road users safe; including those who are considered 'vulnerable'.
The focus of this campaign will be on these vulnerable road users:
- motorcyclists
- cyclists
- horse riders
- pedestrians.
Officers will also be engaging with older and younger road users who are considered vulnerable.
The overall aim of this campaign is to:
- raise awareness of the before mentioned road users and their vulnerabilities
- educate drivers
- enforce compliance of road traffic regulations
- reduce the number of people killed or seriously injured on our roads
- draw attention to the subject.
RPSO Sergeant Dan Wise, the officer leading this campaign, said:
"Our priority is to keep all road users safe.
"The road users identified as part of this campaign are especially vulnerable of being seriously injured if involved in a collision. We are therefore committed to doing everything we can to raise awareness on how we can all improve our road safety, while also acting against other road users who may put them at additional risk.
“Our officers will be out across Gwent throughout this campaign, stopping those who put others at risk and educating people on how they can help to keep those who are more vulnerable on our roads safe.
“We will be looking to interact with as many road users as possible during this time in order to raise awareness and help prevent more people being killed or seriously injured on our roads.”
On the roads of Wales in 2022:
- 19 pedestrians were killed
- 21 motorcyclists were killed
- 7 cyclists were killed.
From 2016 to 2022, 1 horse rider was killed.
Keep your eyes peeled on our social media channels to see what our officers get up to over the next two weeks.
If you see someone driving dangerously, please call 101 or report it via our social media channels.
In an emergency, always dial 999.