West Sussex County Council has updated its Road Safety Strategy to improve road safety in the area.
This included holding a public consultation to get views from West Sussex residents for the West Sussex Road Safety Strategy for 2025-2036.
In 2024, 19 people died in collisions on West Sussex roads and 507 were seriously injured with the new strategy developed to reduce collisions by influencing behaviour to create a safer road network.
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More active travel options have also been provided to foster increased walking, wheeling, cycling and riding across West Sussex roads.
West Sussex County Council cabinet member for highways and transport, Joy Dennis, said: “It is never acceptable for anyone to be killed or injured in a traffic collision.
“Our new West Sussex Road Safety Strategy has been developed with input from local people to take account of how daily travel patterns have changed since the Covid-19 pandemic.
“But there is only so much we, and the agencies we partner with, can do to make our roads safer. We rely on those who use them to also take responsibility and accountability for their actions and the impact their behaviour could have on others.
“As such, we will also work to increase awareness of road safety and provide training so that the road users who could cause the most harm are aware of how they can reduce the risk of death and injury for themselves and others.”
Achievements and innovations in road safety will be recognised and celebrated at the fourth annual CiTTi Awards on 25 November 2025 at De Vere Grand Connaught Rooms in London. Visit www.cittiawards.co.uk to learn more about this unmissable event for the UK’s transportation sector!
