Independent Road Victim Advocate service<\/a> has been launched to support victims of road crashes.\n<\/p>\n\n Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, said: “A year ago we launched West Yorkshire Vision Zero – because the only acceptable number of road casualties is zero.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Behind the statistics are real people with families and friends who are all deeply affected by each and every road death and serious injury.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Our first year has seen some fantastic work, but there’s still a long way to go and we’re committed to building on this to keep everyone safe in our region.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Alison Lowe, chair of the West Yorkshire Vision Zero board and Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, said: “There is no greater purpose than keeping people safe so we remain united behind Vision Zero.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We don’t want anyone else to suffer the loss of a loved one or be seriously injured in completely avoidable circumstances.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We’re on the right path but we need everyone to get behind Vision Zero to make it a reality, so please do your bit.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Chief Inspector James Farrar, head of West Yorkshire Police’s roads policing unit, said: “As police officers we frequently see first-hand the devastating impact of preventable road traffic collisions.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Behind every statistic is a grieving family or a person whose life has changed forever.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n
\n “That’s why we remain committed to educating road users to change behaviours and enforcing the law to take dangerous drivers off our roads.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Using a combination of visible police patrols, safety camera technology, and engagement and education, we will continue to work to make West Yorkshire’s roads safer for everyone.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Andy Shaw, road safety lead at West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, said: “We remain committed to working towards our collective goal of preventing deaths and serious injuries on West Yorkshire’s roads.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw, Bradford Council’s executive member for regeneration, planning and transport, said: “Road deaths and injuries are devastating for families.\n<\/p>\n
\n “We must do all we can to prevent them.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The strategy to get road deaths and serious injuries on West Yorkshire’s roads down to zero by 2040 focuses on the ‘safe system approach’ – safe roads, safe behaviours, safe speeds, safe vehicles, and an effective post-collision response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West Yorkshire Vision Zero Strategy was officially launched last summer. According to the team behind Vision Zero,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":338388,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8814],"tags":[748,393,4884,1860,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-338387","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-leeds","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-leeds","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115015715775559195","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/338388"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}