Motorcyclists came together with emergency services and the partner organisations that support them at an event held in Matlock Bath at the weekend. Taking place at the Grand Pavilion, the free event on Sunday 22 March gave riders the chance to speak to representatives from Derbyshire Constabulary, Derbyshire Fire & Rescue Service and East Midlands […]
Wiltshire’s first BikeSafe workshop of the season was held on Sunday 8 March, kindly hosted at Devizes Fire Station by Wiltshire Police’s road safety partner, Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Service. John Hutchings, Wiltshire’s BikeSafe lead, said: “It was a packed agenda, with sixteen bikes and bikers attending the full day workshop for a […]
Greater Manchester Police’s Motorcycle Unit will launch its 2026 BikeSafe programme on Sunday 8 March with a dedicated workshop marking International Women’s Day. Funded by Safer Roads Greater Manchester, the event is designed to support female riders of all abilities and promote safer motorcycling across the region. BikeSafe offers all riders a rare opportunity to […]
To commemorate International Women’s Day 2026, Cheshire Constabulary’s Motorcycle Team is co-hosting a free multi-agency bike event for women riders of all abilities. The theme for International Women’s Day 2026 is ‘Give to Gain’, with this year’s worldwide campaign encouraging a mindset of generosity and collaboration. Whether that is through donations, knowledge, resources, infrastructure, visibility, […]
The BikeSafe season will soon return for 2026 with availability for courses to be published on our website later this week. BikeSafe offers motorcyclists access to post-test training with police motorcyclists to equip them with additional skills designed to help them stay safe on the roads. It’s important that motorcyclists – no matter how experienced […]
We had a great turnout for the BikeSafe Coordinators Conference on Monday 1 December, held at Derbyshire Police HQ. More than 30 police forces were represented at the event, which gave us the opportunity to reflect on another successful year and work together to identify opportunities to improve BikeSafe even further in the future. We […]
Motorcycle safety scheme BikeSafe has launched a new video promoting the popular initiative to help mark its 25th anniversary. BikeSafe offers motorcyclists access to post-test training with advanced police motorcyclists to equip them with additional skills designed to help them stay safe on the roads. The new video, available in both English and Welsh languages, […]
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 […]