West Midlands safety crackdown

Greater enforcement of speed limits and increased use of dashcam footage as evidence are part of a major crackdown on dangerous driving outlined in a new road safety plan for the West Midlands. The Road Safety Action Plan, launched at the National Road Safety Conference, outlines 23 actions for the regional road safety partnership, which includes police and local authorities, to help cut the number of road deaths and serious injuries. 

It will be delivered with the help of the dedicated road safety commissioner, who will work with partners to keep the plan on track. 

Richard Parker, mayor of the West Midlands, and Simon Foster, West Midlands police and crime commissioner, are also lobbying Government over fixed penalty fines for driving offences – allowing the partnership to keep the money in the region and invest it in road safety. Currently income from local fines – worth more than £2 million in the West Midlands each year – goes straight to the Treasury.