Can you take a photograph and write a caption that will inspire others to get more active through healthier and environmentally greener journeys. All you need to do is take a photograph of something related to greener travel and come up with an amusing or thought provoking caption, something that might make us think, laugh…
Sustainable Travel Art Competition – See It. Sketch It. Share It The North Yorkshire County Council Sustainable Travel Team would like to invite primary school pupils to create a piece of artwork to inspire others to get more active through healthier, environmentally greener journeys. Key Stage 1: An example of this could be how walking,…
Road Safety GB is encouraging all road users to help reduce the strain on the emergency services during the coronavirus pandemic by taking extra care when making essential journeys, with support from the Department for Transport’s THINK! campaign. On 23 March, prime minister Boris Johnson announced a series of measures to delay the spread of…
Dozens of high visibility road signs have been installed across key routes in North Yorkshire in the latest move to stop unwelcome visitors descending on the county’s beauty spots during the national lockdown. As the first weekend of May approaches, North Yorkshire is bracing itself for another wave of those flouting the Covid-19 rules, which…
Traffic Sergeant Pete Stringer has dealt with some of the most serious crashes in North Yorkshire, and investigated exactly how they happened. Here he reveals the easiest change you can make to the way you drive to prevent one. Insight: Sergeant Pete Stringer It still gives me goose pimples when I think about the first…
Police are investigating a collision on the A19 at Whitley in which two men died. At about 9.50pm on Friday 29 November 2019, officers were called to a report of a silver Ford Focus colliding with a tree on the A19 at Whitley. Sadly, despite the efforts of all the emergency services – including the…
Witnesses sought in relation to driving incident on A170 near Wykeham Posted on 13 September 2019 at 12:09pm in Local appeals North Yorkshire Police is appealing for witnesses to a driving incident on the A170 between Wykeham and West Ayton in the Scarborough area. It happened at around 5am today (Friday 13 September 2019) when…
Police are appealing for witnesses after two people were seriously injured on the A61 near Melmerby. At about 1.40pm on Saturday 7 September 2019, a Kawasaki motorcycle was travelling towards Ripon on the A61. The motorcycle was being ridden by a man in his 50s with a female passenger who is believed to be in…
The story of a serious road traffic collision told from the perspective of four different people – a member of each of the emergency services and the sister of the person involved in the accident – will be featured in a demonstration at the RNLI Emergency Services Weekend in Whitby on 15 and 16 June….
Officers arrested an “exceptionally high” number of drink and drug drivers this weekend Police have arrested 18 suspected drink and drug drivers in a single weekend. Officers have warned that further action will be taken this month to get intoxicated motorists off North Yorkshire’s roads. Called Operation Attention, it will involve extra around-the-clock enforcement activities…
