Making our Streets Safer

We all should be confident that we can go about our day to day business in safety.

Unfortunately for too many of us, this is not the case. Too many people die or are seriously injured on our roads, hate crime is increasing and many people, particularly women, feel unsafe walking or cycling on our roads due to concerns about verbal harassment, assault or violence. This is unacceptable and needs to be addressed.

The current policing response appears to be just that - a response. It’s reactive and it is arguable that directing resources retrospectively does little to either address the incident reported or stop them happening in future.

By contrast, a more proactive and preventative approach would work across agencies to reduce the number and severity of these incidents occuring.

Vision Zero

For road safety, I would adopt the Safe System approach. Known as Vision Zero, this would prioritise the elimination of deaths and serious injuries on our roads. By working with Norfolk County Council as local highway authority, National Highways, and other organisations working in the transport sector, I will look for ways of making walking and cycling safer, reducing the numbers of fatal or serious injury crashes on our rural roads, and ensure there is good and continuous support for families bereaved because of road deaths.

Hate Crime and Public Order