No more deaths on Basildon roads

How many people dying on the roads in Basildon every year do you think is acceptable?......... 5? 20? 42? (42 is the actual number of people that died on Essex roads last year). What if some of them were your family, your friends, neighbours, colleagues? When you think of it like this, isn’t one person killed one too many? Human beings make mistakes but is it right that, sometimes, even a small mistake means that someone will not be going home?

The Safer Essex Roads Partnership (SERP) is launching Vision Zero. Vision Zero is our ambition to have ZERO road deaths and serious injuries on roads in Basildon and across the county of Essex areas by 2040.

"As our roads get ever busier, we must not lose sight of what really matters – people’s safety." ~ Cllr Lesley Wagland OBE, Essex County Council

Cllr Lesley Wagland, Deputy Cabinet Member for Infrastructure at Essex County Council and Chairman of the SERP Governance Board, said: “I completely support Vision Zero, and am urging all leaders of councils, emergency services and businesses, together with the people of Essex, to prevent these unacceptable and avoidable tragedies. As our roads get ever busier, we must not lose sight of what really matters – people’s safety. I know all our partners are totally committed to achieving Vision Zero, but it will only succeed if everyone who uses the roads in Essex is prepared to share this vision and work with us to achieve it”. 

Basildon Conservatives are looking forward to working with anyone and everyone who shares our vision of zero deaths and serious injuries on our roads. If you would like to know more or want to contribute, please contact saferessexroads.

We all recognise the enormity of this challenge. To get to zero by 2040, we need to halve the current number of deaths and serious injuries by 2030, which we know will involve many changes and will require the commitment of all communities and organisations, as well as each individual road user. 

We feel that the passion behind Vision Zero is captured by the impact of this film from The Transport Accident Commission Victoria (Australia) Towards Zero

We hope you will find it as inspiring as we did.