Basingstoke emergency services make road safety plea

Fire and rescue service workers take to social media after worrying start to the year for road collisions

Author: Jonathan RichardsPublished 10th Jan 2022
Last updated 10th Jan 2022

Fire and rescue workers at Basingstoke fire station have made a direct appeal to motorists to drive safely.

In a twitter and facebook post they said that since the start of the new year they'd attended 11 traffic collisions - four of which had been critical.

They appealed to motorists to keep to speed limits, not to drive under the influence of drink or drugs and not to become distracted.

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