Kent County Council (KCC) is promoting Brake Road Safety Week by encouraging everyone to take responsibility for making our roads safer. The national campaign started on yesterday [Monday 14th November] and runs until Friday 18th November and brings together partners from the Safer Roads for Kent Partnership who will be supporting us throughout the week…
Kent County Council’s annual campaign has been launched warning about the dangers of drink and drug driving. This year, it aims to highlight how even a small amount of alcohol or drugs will affect your reaction times and ability to drive safely. The main message is that no one should die because of someone driving…
A scheme to cut congestion outside school gates is being piloted in Swale as schools returned this week after half term. It builds on the government’s drive to encourage more forms of active travel and the ‘build back greener’ push following the coronavirus pandemic. Kent County Council wants to help school children swap car journeys…
Kent County Council Cabinet Member for Highways and Transport Michael Payne said: “We know parents need certainty on transport arrangements for schools returning in September and as soon as government gives us that detailed guidance, we will advise on how it will work. “You can be assured that there will be capacity on our hired…
Kent County Council is reminding drivers about their responsibilities to stop for school crossing patrols. School crossing patrols have a legal right to stop traffic for anyone who needs help crossing the road. It is an offence to fail to stop when a school crossing patrol displays the stop sign. KCC cabinet member for transport…
With recent county figures revealing that a shocking 70% of all baby and child car seats checked across Kent are incorrectly fitted, a new awareness campaign has been launched to highlight the dangers and provide advice on anything which puts a child at risk while travelling in a car. KCC’s Road Safety team run free…
Following government’s new research on 20mph speed limits, Kent County Council is reviewing how and where it can implement the schemes. In the past, 20mph zones followed Department for Transport guidance which said they could be introduced, for example, as a casualty reduction measure or to improve public health. To date, Kent has more than…
One drink will affect your ability to drive – this Christmas, Kent County Council is asking people to make the right choice and not drink and drive. In the last three years there have been 674 crashes on Kent’s roads where a driver was impaired by alcohol, resulting in more than 1,000 people being injured…
Figures released today show that drug driving has led to an increase in serious injuries on Kent’s roads. The data, from Kent County Council’s Road Safety Team, shows some motorists are still putting people’s lives at risk by getting behind the wheel while under the influence of illegal substances. Over the course of 2016, 59…
Young people are being urged to “Speak Out” if they feel unsafe, as latest figures reveal 193 car occupants aged 16 to 24, have been killed or seriously injured on Kent’s roads in the past three years. This month, Kent County Council’s road safety team launched the Speak Out campaign, aimed at giving young people…
A new road safety campaign has been launched as it is revealed that almost 6,000 people were killed or injured on Kent’s roads in 2015. In total, 5,801 people were injured or killed with people in cars making up the biggest proportion, followed by motorcyclists, pedestrians, cyclists, and then goods vehicles. Kent County Council Road…
Research by Kent County Council has found 65% of people fear the biggest risk to them on the roads is drivers using mobile phones whilst at the wheel. The research, by KCC’s Road Safety Team, shows that motorists estimate 39% of drivers use a hand-held mobile phone, 34% use a phone to text/use apps/check email/use…