Success of road campaign hailed

10:41am Saturday 5th July 2008

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CRASHES on North Yorkshire’s roads have fallen by more than 40 per cent since police launched a high-profile road safety operation.

Results for the first three months of North Yorkshire Police’s Operation Anvil campaign reveal a 41 per cent reduction in collisions.

The operation, which was launched on March 18 with the aim of reducing deaths and serious injury on the county’s roads, has also seen a 36 per cent reduction in serious injuries and 15 per cent reduction in fatalities, compared to the same period last year.

Inspector Dave Brown, head of strategic roads policing, said: “I am extremely pleased with the reduction in deaths and injuries witnessed on the roads of York and North Yorkshire during this campaign.

“We are determined to make our communities safer and reducing collisions supports that objective.

“While the results may just appear to be a number, in reality it means there are 71 fewer families who have not suffered the devastation of the death or serious injury of a loved one on the county’s roads.”