Memorial for 51 fatal crashes on Essex roads launches for Road Safety Week

Memorial for 51 fatal crashes on Essex roads launches for Road Safety Week

Adam Pipe, the head of roads policing for Essex Police, has shared damning statistics for collisions on the county’s roads for Road Safety Week.

Use of phones while driving one of the causes of serious or fatal collisions on the roads, says police

This week marks Road Safety Week

Minister urges care on the roads as new films capture emergency response to road traffic collisions

Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is urging everyone to take care on the roads ahead of the release of a series of social media videos, which portrays what happens at the scene of a serious crash.

MINISTER URGES CARE ON THE ROADS AS NEW FILMS CAPTURE EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO ROAD TRAFFIC COLLISIONS

17 November 2025 Infrastructure Minister Liz Kimmins is urging everyone to take care on the roads ahead of the release of a series of social media videos, which portrays what happens at the scene of a serious crash. Each film looks at the crash scene from the perspective of firefighters, paramedics and police officers as they arrive on scene and deal with the devastation. The social media videos commissioned by the Department for Infrastructure …