Every year, road crashes claim over 1,700 lives in the UK, with thousands more seriously injured. During #RoadSafetyWeek, we honour road safety heroes working tirelessly to prevent these tragedies and support victims. Recently, I've met with National Highways to discuss improving

There are far too many road traffic incidents in Sandwell and Birmingham. I’ve met families who have lost loved ones ones and I will continue to champion safer roads locally and in Parliament. #RoadSafetyWeek

It has been an honour to meet and support Chris and Nicole. We've been in contact since I was elected. I know that together we can do something to tackle road deaths, building on the work they did with Andrea Leadsom previously.

More than 450 people have signed up to take part in our Road Safety Week webinar. Join us tomorrow (Wednesday 20th November) at 10am for free by signing up here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/481a613a… #RoadSafetyWeek (17-23 November) is organised by Brake and sponsored by Autoglass

Yet another bereaved brave family having to share their experience of the death of their mother in an avoidable crash. As Simon Vigar says in the clip: “our attitude to the road death statistics is strange …” Until that attitude changes, thousands of people will continue to

It's #RoadSafetyWeek and we were privileged to sit down with Lucy from Brake, the road safety charity to talk about reducing harm on our roads. Please have a listen and subscribe if you can! lowtrafficfuture.org.uk/2024/11/19/bra…

Thank you Cat Eccles MP, MP for Stourbridge, for joining our #RoadSafetyWeek launch event in Westminster yesterday to learn more about our Road Victims' Charter. brake.org.uk/how-we-help/ra…

Thank you @helenemaguire , MP for Epson and Ewell, for attending our #RoadSafetyWeek launch in Westminster yesterday to learn more about our Road Victims' Charter brake.org.uk/how-we-help/ra…

At present we are helping more than 700 families cope with bereavement and serious injury through our National Road Victim Service. Learn more about what we do: brake.org.uk/how-we-help/ge… Find out about Road Safety Week: brake.org.uk/road-safety-we…

Thank you so much for this great podcast! @LucyS_Speaks

This week is #RoadSafetyWeek and I met Brake, the road safety charity to talk about the Road Victims’ charter. Tragically every year, more than 1700 people die on UK roads. Another 30,000 receive serious, life-changing injuries. 👉🏽 brake.org.uk/road-safety-we…

"Every road victim deserves respect, support and justice!" Yesterday we launched our Road Victims' Charter with a drop-in event with MPs in Westminster to mark the start of #RoadSafetyWeek. Read the full news story here: brake.org.uk/how-we-help/ra…

"Delivering the right response requires us to be curious about how someone is making sense of their loss." In her #RoadSafetyWeek blog Dr Nicola Lester explains how trauma-informed support helps people through their grief. ow.ly/Znl150U8X2r

A huge thank you to these lovely volunteers who joined us in Westminster for the launch of our Road Victims Charter and spoke with MPs about their experiences of loss from road crashes. #RoadSafetyWeek brake.org.uk/how-we-help/ra… @LucyS_Speaks

Today Brake's @LucyS_Speaks met with students at Mundella Primary School in Sheffield with Louise Haigh, MP for Sheffield Heeley, South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard , South Yorkshire Active Travel Commissioner Ed Clancy OBE South Yorkshire Fire South Yorkshire Police and South Yorkshire Safer Roads Partnership (SYSRP) for #RoadSafetyWeek

Proud that Rainbow Owls' #swfc #RainbowLaces pod is out - amazing things happen when you put yourself out there! Mikey Connor Kirsty Tonner Kian Ward Joe (they/them) #BLM Ollie Mitchell 🎗 Proud Changemakers @LucyS_Speaks Nilesh Chauhan Hannah Kumari's input was so key - thanks! open.spotify.com/episode/6S3PqP…

For those who haven't tuned in, our #swfc podcast has been released by Proud Changemakers! 🎙️ Hosted Ollie Mitchell 🎗 for #RainbowLaces, it features Mikey Connor Kirsty Tonner Kian Ward Joe (they/them) #BLM talking about LGBTQ+ footie. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️⚽ To hear the #FFD podcast ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/6S3PqP…

I’m on Bluesky now if you want to join me. bsky.app/profile/lstrak…

It was fantastic to catch up with Brake, the road safety charity, the road safety charity. I have long championed improving road safety, and it was great to talk about their work to make our roads safer for driver, passengers and pedestrians.