It’s been a busy month for the North Wales Police BikeSafe Team, running three workshops and supporting other activities. On 7 September Sgt Medwyn Williams RCU ran the first of the September workshops at Llay Police Station – this was a particularly busy workshop with lots of great interaction from the attendees. Luckily the afternoon […]
Although motorcyclists make up less than 3% of vehicles on the UK’s roads, they represent more than 20% of those killed on our roads. So we carried out a deep dive into our data that revealed our 46 to 65-year-old leisure riders on high powered 500cc and above bikes are particularly at risk in Warwickshire. […]
My August update on North Wales Police BikeSafe (UK) activity is going to be a bit different as we stand down NWP BikeSafe Workshops in August. This is for many historical reasons – from increased traffic on North Wales roads and the subsequent workload increase, but also holidays (not just NWP Roads Policing staff but […]
Well done to all the bikers who took that step towards being safer on the roads. We had a great workshop in Abbey Autoline Ballymena on Friday 1 August. We covered the system police use as a foundation for motorcycling, followed by the main causes of motorcycle collisions and how we can reduce the risk. […]
I would like to start my July North Wales update with an observation on Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) on North Wales roads for the first six months of the year. This is my set of observations, nothing is new it’s the same old problems. For KSI ‘rider to blame’ the main cause is bends […]
Thought I would get the June North Wales update in on the last day of the month. It has been another busy month for the team. Main call out is the North Wales Police National Volunteers Week celebration event at Coleg Cambria where we managed to get most of the Team together not only to […]
It’s been a busy day completing BikeSafe observed rides. Don’t be fooled by the weather in the picture – we’ve faced torrential rain and thunder whilst riding today and some really challenging conditions for the riders. All my feedback was taken on board and put onto a nice easy to read PDF for our clients […]
Just thought I would do a round up off the North Wales team activities in May. Been a busy month supporting events targeting awareness and road safety. It has been great to speak with many riders and non-riders about BikeSafe and how to become a better rider. It is always great to see how the […]
We had great feedback from attendees at the end of the day, after the first North Wales BikeSafe workshop of the year, delivered on Sunday 6 April at Llay, nr Wrexham. It was great to see a full workshop with so many attendees wanting to understand how to improve their riding skills. After an informative […]
An enjoyable day riding some of the best roads in Northumberland Saturday 16th November saw the last BikeSafe workshop being delivered by the Northumbria Police Motorcycle Team. Although it was November the weather was kind which allowed those taking part to have an enjoyable day riding some of the best roads in Northumberland. The day […]