A campaign to highlight the damage unlicensed waste carriers cause is launching today (Monday). As part of the Keep Kent Clean campaign, Kent County Council, together with the district and borough authorities, is urging residents to protect themselves from illegal waste carriers who often target householders with cheap rates to take their rubbish away. These…
Most fatal crashes in the county happen on rural roads where some drivers may wrongly assume that the national speed limit is always the safe speed to drive at. This summer, Kent County Council is urging drivers to remember that speed limits are not a target to reach. Research shows that three in five deaths…
One drink will affect your ability to drive. In the last three years there have been 666 crashes on Kent’s roads where a driver was above the legal alcohol limit, resulting in more than 1,000 people being injured – 19 fatally. Drink driving is a needless killer on Kent’s roads. This summer’s campaign highlights the…
Three in four crashes involving children on Kent’s roads are because of youngsters not looking properly before they cross. Child pedestrians are consistently shown to be at their most vulnerable between the ages of 11 and 16 as this is often when, with increasing independence, they begin their first solo pedestrian journeys on potentially unfamiliar routes.…
The family of a teenage passenger killed in a horrific car crash have launched an emotional video appeal in support of this year’s Winter Drink Drive Campaign. Brave Peter and Doreen Funnell fight back tears as they recall on camera the moment they heard their beloved son and grandson Will was dead. In the hard-hitting…
Kent County Council is launching its summer drink-driving campaign with new figures revealing around one in six of all road deaths involves drink drivers. A new study shows that over the last three years there have been 654 crashes and 951 casualties as a result of a driver being impaired by alcohol. Kent Road Safety…
A family who lost their only son have thrown their weight behind Kent County Council’s Christmas anti drink-drive campaign. Speaking as the seasonal appeal to motorists in Kent was launched, Pete Funnell launched an impassioned plea to motorists: “Please don’t take the risk this Christmas.” Mr Funnell’s 19-year-old son Will was killed when the car…