Drivers to be stopped by unmarked police vehicles across Northern Lincolnshire
The 'Share the Road' campaign by the Safer Roads Humber Partnership hopes to reduce road casualties
Drivers in Northern Lincolnshire, will be stopped by unmarked vehicles and officers in plain clothes if they’re seen committing a road offence.
“Their actions destroy lives."
It's part of Safer Roads Humber’s latest ’Share The Road’ campaign to reduce road casualties.
Figures show there were a total of 41 deaths and 434 seriously injured in 2021 across East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire.
Ian Robertson is the Safer Roads Humber Partnership Manager, he said:
"From November onwards, our enforcement will be significant. You will see more of our vehicles and, instead of seeing the police camera van at the side of the road that's marked up, for example, we might be using other methods. We may well be using our unmarked vehicles. We may be using staff and officers in plain clothes."
It's also feared that there’s going to be more road casualties as we’re seeing a high number of cars on the road for the first time since before the pandemic.
Ian Added:
"Traffic levels have gone back to normal post pandemic and already we're seeing the figures this year. They are only provisional figures, but we we have 20 deaths on our roads already this year. We must do everything we can to bring it down and we need the public's help to do that whether you're driving a vehicle or riding a bicycle or walking along the street."
Between 2000 and 2010, the number of people injured on the region’s roads reduced considerably, from 4,597 to 3,519.
However, over the last decade, this reduction has slowed with on average 2,673 people injured each year between 2017 and 2021.
The number of people killed or seriously injured has stagnated, with on average of 534 deaths and serious injuries each year.
The partnership will be focusing on the standard of driving as ultimately those who drive vehicles have the greatest responsibility to protect the most vulnerable: pedestrians, horse riders and those on two wheels.
In the coming months, all the partners in Safer Roads Humber - this includes Humberside Police, the four unitary councils, Humberside Fire and Rescue Service and National Highways - will be using different approaches to reduce casualties.
To do this, the partnership’s enforcement will look at, but will not be limited to, the ‘Fatal Four’ offences which are, driving at excessive and inappropriate speed, driving whilst distracted (eg using a mobile phone), no wearing of seat belts, and drink and drug driving.
Ian Robertson said:
“Clearly those motorists who exceed the speed limits or commit other road traffic offences are driving in a manner which is unacceptable, and they put others and themselves at risk."