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Road safety

About the Bury Road Safety Service

The Road Safety Unit is a team of professionals who are dedicated to reducing road traffic collisions.  Through Road Safety education, training and publicity we are helping to reduce the number of collisions throughout the borough.

For more information please use the links to popular pages below or use the Related Links on the left.

Tales of the Road - the new road safety campaign for young people

Go to the Tales of the road website for information about the campaign as well as fun activities and games

Important information about seatbelts and child restraints

Regulations governing the use of seat belts and child restraints are now in force. Go to the seatbelt law web page for more information.

Links to some popular pages in this section

Education

Education for pre-school children - for details on free road safety resources including, Stop-Look-Listen-Think stickers and posters, colouring sheets, teacher packs and in-car safety information.

Education for primary schools - for details of the input available for school Years 1 to Year 6.

Education for secondary schools - for details of the input available for school Years 7 to Year 11.

Youth groups - for details of resources available for all youth groups or to arrange evening visits to instruct and train groups such as Brownies, Guides, Cubs and Scouts.

Training

Smart Drive – details of the Bury Metro driver training course aimed at both company vehicle drivers as well as individuals.

Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme – details of the minibus driver training course.

Publicity

Publicity campaigns – details of ongoing road safety campaigns and advice including drink-drive campaigns, seatbelts and child restraints, speed and driver fatigue.

Order free road safety advice leaflets and posters on-line – we can supply free leaflets and posters for those who live or work in Bury. If you work in any public place that can display posters or leaflets for us you can also add your details to our distribution list for our road safety campaigns.

How to contact us

Bury Road Safety Unit
3 Knowsley Place, Duke Street, Bury, BL9 0EJ

Phone: 0161 253 5552
E-mail: roadsafety@bury.gov.uk