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KC Community Grant supports road safety campaign

Leaflets given out to spread road safety messages at accident hotspot

PC Keith Ward, Road Safety Officer Sue Boyeson and KC’s Anna Millar

A KC Community Grant has been used to educate pedestrians on how to cross the road safely at one of the city’s accident hotspots.   

The grant funded a new safety leaflet which was given out to pedestrians at the crossings on Ferensway in front of St Stephens Shopping Centre and the Transport Interchange, which has seen 16 serious accidents in the past four years. The aim is to highlight the importance of using crossings correctly. 

The leaflet will be used to as part of an ongoing pedestrian road safety campaign that is jointly run by the Road Safety Team at Hull City Council and Humberside Police. 

PC Keith Ward, Humberside Police Casualty Reduction Officer for Hull said: "Pedestrian casualties in Hull are causing some concern. Alarmingly it involves adult pedestrians as well as child pedestrians. Education plays a big part in getting the road safety message across to people. I would encourage everyone to use a designated crossing when one is available and abide by the rules when using it. A 'Red Man' means stop and wait." 

The Road Safety Team and Humberside Police were joined at the crossing hotspot by a red and green man to highlight to pedestrians that they are risking their lives by crossing the road when the red man is showing. 

Sue Boyeson Road Safety Officer said: "We’re constantly striving to ensure the safety of residents and visitors to Hull but we still have a high proportion of pedestrians who are ignoring their own, and others safety by crossing on the Red Man.” 

Anna Millar, KC Community Relations Manager “The road safety leaflets are a great way for KC to partner with Hull City Council and Humberside Police to help them spread their life saving message. I saw firsthand the actions of adults not using the crossings properly, and it sets a bad example for our young people as well as them risking their own safety.”