Road Safety Week
Road Safety Week 2022 will take place from 14 to 20 November 2022.
Every year, thousands of schools, organisations and communities get involved to share important road safety messages, remember people affected by road death and injury, and raise funds to help Brake care for more road victims and campaign for safe roads for everyone. Every life on our roads matters, and every death and injury is preventable.
Road Safety Week gives us all the opportunity to remember people killed or injured on UK roads, and raise funds to help Brake care for road victims and campaign for safe roads for all.
Find out more about Brake, and the importance of Road Safety Week:
Vision Zero story
It is neither inevitable nor acceptable that anyone should be killed or seriously injured when travelling in London. When we leave our homes each day, we should feel safe and confident about the journey ahead.
Vision Zero is the Mayor of London's commitment to eradicate deaths and serious injuries from our roads and make London a safer, healthier and greener place to live.
Find out more about what we are doing to achieve this in the video below.
Help keep everyone safe on London’s roads (Highway Code)
People walking, cycling or riding a moped or motorbike are more likely to be killed or seriously injured in a collision on London's roads.
That's why earlier this year the Highway Code changed to help protect the people more at risk. We are all responsible for keeping ourselves and others safe but now drivers have the most responsibility to protect people walking and cycling. This means there is new guidance around who has priority at junctions and how much space we should allow when overtaking.
As part of road safety week, we've partnered with Transport for London to look at how we can keep each other safe when we're out and about as pedestrians, cyclists and motorists.
Visit The Highway Code: 8 changes you need to know from 29 January 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) to find out more about the changes in the Highway Code, so you're up to date.
Play our quiz
When riding straight ahead at a junction, people cycling have priority over traffic wanting to turn into or out of a side road.
People crossing or waiting to cross also have priority at junctions
Those who can cause the greatest harm, have the greatest responsibility to reduce the risk they may pose to others
Are people allowed to cycle side-by-side?
It can be sometimes be safer for people to cycle two abreast, particularly in larger groups or when accompanying less experienced riders
When cycling in groups, riding two abreast can make it easier for drivers to overtake
People cycling should be considerate of the needs of others and allow them to overtake when it's safe to do so
Which group has more responsibility to reduce the risk that they may pose to others on the roads?
The new 'hierarchy of road users' places those most at risk in the event of a collision at the top of the hierarchy. It does not remove the need for everyone to behave responsibly.
