Our road safety heroes

John Plumb, Lollipop man

For many years this 79-year-old ex-navy veteran has helped the children (and parents) cross the busy road outside of Fulwell Junior School with a smile and a chat. John is the most kind hearted Lollipop man, he is always waiting with a smile and chatter ready everyday to help the children and parents of Fulwell to cross the road. The children adore him, listen to him and are much more road safety aware because of him. He is a pillar of the local community, who never lets the children down and is always there, all throughout the pandemic.

John is an absolute credit to the school and community. He is a friendly, caring man who offers safety to all children and adults alike on a very busy and dangerous crossing to the school. He puts in effort to check on every person he meets and provides assurance to each and every parent that their children are safer. John is an extremely deserving gentleman and should be recognised for his role within our community.

Nominated by every parent of Fulwell Juniors... and probably the Infants School up the road too.

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Carolyne Mulenga, CEO, MUKABO Road Safety

Carolyne is passionate to save lives on the road, having lost 11 family members to road crashes.

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Mrs Evans-Clayton, Assistant Head Teacher, Adderley Primary School, West Midlands

She is on the gate for school every morning and after school. She keeps us safe.

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Andrew Nattrass, Young Driver Education Coordinator, Norfolk Police

Andy organises road safety education across his county and utilises his many contacts to give an excellent learning package to the young people of Norfolk in the form of involving multiple partners. His open mind and thorough approach to the role results in what is in my opinion the finest road safety education package in the country. He is also an excellent supporter of young road safety professionals and provides both support and knowledge to help them perform well and progress in their roles.

For this he is my road safety hero.

Nominated by David Gallagher

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Dean Fensome, Mobile Response Driver, Dardan Security

Dean works as a mobile response driver and was covering the Ipswich area visiting the sites he attends for locks and unlocks or responding to alarms. Dean was approaching the Orwell Bridge and noticed a young woman looking distressed, he parked up and got out of the car to see if she was okay, Dean felt that the woman appeared to be having suicidal thoughts so he stayed with her and talked with her to clam her down as he felt she may put herself in danger. Through Dean's vigilance he potentially saved a life on this day. Our mobile drivers are not just there for our clients, they are a visual presence on the roads 24/7.

Nominated by Steve Wright

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Marie Biddulph, Assistant Regional Safety Coordinator, National Highways

Marie works tirelessly to improve the knowledge, expertise and understanding of countless people both inside National Highways, but also with external partners such as the Police, HSE, Local Authorities, and with road users such as the RHA. Marie has championed a vast number of schemes and events to improve road safety, and has taken over management of all three of the Op Tramline HGV cabs nationally. Her passion and tenacity for improving safety is so strong.

Nominated by Ian Doust

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Vinnie Rogers, School Crossing Patrol, Staffordshire County Council

Vinnie is a school crossing patrol with Staffordshire County Council and helps children and families to safely cross the road on their way to school. Vinnie loves his job and wants to encourage everyone to play their part in keeping the roads safe. The Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership wants to thank Vinnie and all of our patrols for the great work they do.

Nominated by Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership

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Margaret Rose Bolt, Child seat safety advisor, Good Egg

She ensures that children are in the correct child seat for their age/weight/height and makes sure that their seat is fitted and adjusted properly.

Nominated by Andrea Hawes-Johnson

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Claire Mercer, Organiser and campaigner, Smart Motorways Kill

She runs the Smart Motorways Kill campaign, and has had leaflets prepared in seven different languages to promote her cause.

Nominated by Eileen Hyland

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Earley Panda, Charity fundraiser and campaigner for safe cycling

Earley Panda started cycling in a panda suit during lockdown to spread joy and raise awareness of safe cycling. He has featured numerous times in local newspapers and social media, and always cycles with a hidden helmet, using correct signals to educate others about cycling safely on roads.

Nominated by Adi Ritz

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HOPE, charity

The services that HOPE (and other victims’ charities) offer are very much appreciated and valued by us and many more people. We thank all those who work to support the victims of road traffic collisions for their commitment and inspiration."

https://www.hope-sy.org.uk/

Nominated by Joanne

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Kelly Stoakley, Junior Road Safety Co-ordinator, Sir Thomas Abney Primary School, Hackney

Miss Kelly helps Junior Road Safety Officers deliver Road safety to the whole school.

Nominated by Sir Thomas Abney Primary School

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Max Moorcock, Road safety officer, Hackney Council

Max helps al the schools in Hackney teach road safety to children.

Nominated by Sir Thomas Abney Primary School

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Justine Schulz, School Street marshal

Justine has been one of Reading's most supportive parent volunteers at our Thameside Primary School Street in Reading. Justine is a School Street marshal and undertakes a vital role in managing the closure point and keeping the School Street a safe place during drop off and pick up times. Not only does Justine play a crucial part in the successfulness of this School Street, but she also does it with a huge smile and friendly face which helps create a great sense of community spirit during the School Street operating times. Justine has also helped us with promoting School Streets more generally and encouraging more volunteers to come forward to help support the running of School Streets in Reading.

Nominated by Thameside Primary School

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SkillZONE volunteers, Volunteer guides, Gloucestershire Fire and Rescue Service

Our team of SkillZONE volunteers give their time each month sharing key safety messages with our community, including road safety messages. They are enthusiastic, committed and the most amazing team, who selflessly volunteer to make Gloucestershire a safer place.

Nominated by Abi Carmichael

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Mark Garratt, PTM Scotland, RAC

He always has the answer, and is always there to support. He is an outstanding manager.

Nominated by Gary Stobbs

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Road Safety Education Team, Staffordshire County Council

Paul Cope and Hannah Boast are representing Staffordshire County Council's Road Safety Education Team who provide education and training to children in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. They work with teachers and parents to help children develop the skills and knowledge they need to keep themselves safe, now and in the future. Thank you to all the team for the work you do.

Nominated by Staffordshire County Council

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Ian Benford, Firefighter, Royal Berkshire Fire and Rescue Service

With 18 years of dedicated service to the public, Ian always promotes road safety with creative methods.

Nominated by Ron Hall

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Barry Puzon, School Crossing Patrol in Blackburn with Darwen

Nominated by Blackburn Darwen Council

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Andrew Duxbury, Community safety officer, Blackburn Darwen Council

He is leading the way for safer roads in Blackburn with Darwen.

Nominated by Blackburn Darwen Council

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Poppy, School pupil, St Josephs RC School, Dorking

She always makes sure her younger brother crosses the road safely on the way to school.

Nominated by Rebecca Gilmore (mum!)

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Darren Carson, Prevention Team Leader, Northants Fire and Rescue service

Darren has produced some fantastic bids in order to obtain money to tackle local road safety issues in the County of Northamptonshire. Darren is passionate about road safety and great at thinking outside the box and working in partnership to find solutions.

Nominated by Tina Collett

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Keith Millard, Senior Behavioural Change Officer, Northamptonshire Highways

They work so hard everyday covering every school in our County delivering presentations to all ages and they are a fantastic example of what partnership working is all about. Wherever there is a problem, Keith will be there with a solution.

Nominated by Tina Collett

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John Leeming, County Surveyor, Dorset

He was one of the few who realised the inadequacy, in fact, the danger, of the "personal blame" approach to road safety. Although he considered the 1974 Act a disappointment, the wheel did begin to turn, for a time. Unfortunately, the blame culture is still with us, and continuing to hold back the progress we ought to have made by now. Without him, however, I doubt whether we would be where we are.

Nominated by Andrew Fraser

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Steve Boyle, Managing Director, Moshon Data

Steve is passionate about road safety and takes pride in the knowledge that his business plays its part in helping to reduce road crashes and fatalities, through the design and manufacture of soft dummy targets that represent real-world vehicles, pedestrians, and roadside items for vehicle testing. With over 17 years of experience in the automotive test industry and campaigning for road safety, Steve Boyle is a true road safety hero.

Nominated by Taran Rayat

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Year 6 pupils at Carr Junior School, York

Year 6 pupils were happy to have their photo taken in hi-vis vest donated by local housebuilder, Miller Homes, to encourage their friends to be more aware, and visible, when walking home from school in the dark.

Nominated by Helen Dillon-Pearson

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Louise Richardson, CEO, Absafe

Louise is the CEO of a small charity that teaches lifesaving skills around topics including road safety. Last year Louise reached over 3,000 children with her life saving messages and continues every day to find new ways to reach children and parents in an attempt to reduce the amount of RTCs. The interactive and immersive road safety "set" at "The Safe" (Louise's facility) educates children about the importance of wearing helmets and appropriate clothing while cycling. It also focus on their role as pedestrians; covering the dangers of mobiles, safe crossing places and stopping distances.

Nominated by Kairn Mckee

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Ed Leon Klinger, CEO, Flock

Ed is the founder of Flock, a connected car insurance company that uses real-time data to help commercial fleets proactively improve safety, not just pay claims when they occur.

Nominated by Sam Golden

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Lee Gilbert, Traffic Officer, National Highways

National Highways are one of the partners in the Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership. They oversee the motorways and some A-roads through Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire including the M6 and A500. Lee Gilbert is a Traffic Officer who works to keep people safe on these roads, monitoring traffic and attending incidents in a distinctive black and yellow patrol vehicle. Lee has been doing the job for six years and loves what he does. Thank you to Lee and all of our Traffic Officers for the important work they do.

Nominated by Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership

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Corporal Jenny Wheeler, Driver, Royal Air Force

Jenny has produced a week-long programme for over 2,000 service personnel and their families at RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus using hard hitting messages, presentations, educational activities and virtual reality technology to help educate both adults and children alike on how they can help improve road safety.

Nominated by Tony Williams

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Dean Boatman, Road Safety Officer, Lancot Challenger Academy

Dean has been campaigning for a new road crossing to be installed on a very high risk road after the local councils Lollipop person left their role two years ago. The road in question has near misses on a daily occurrence and the new road layout has just been installed last week! Dean is a parent of the school and volunteers his dedication and time to this course. He has spent relentless emails to the council, sitting in on planning meetings and consistently pushing for safer roads for our children and their families.

Nominated by Julia Reynolds

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Margaret Kelly, Lollipop Lady, St Mary’s Primary School, Maguiresbridge, County Fermanagh

Margaret looks after all the children and makes sure they are safe when crossing a very busy main road outside our school.

Nominated by Miss Clerkin

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Jennifer Chall, School Crossing Patrol, Chester Blue Coat Primary School, Chester

32 yrs of being a Lollipop Lady on Bouverie Street Chester, come rain or shine, Jenny will be there. Christmas lights will be on her Lollipop soon, making crossing the road that bit more festive and fun.

Nominated by J Edgar

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James Harding, School Crossing Guard, St Andrew's Church School, Bath

Not only does James help the children and their families to safely crossed the road to reach the school, he also helps with looking after the children after school and at events that the school organises. He literally is everyone's hero!

Nominated by Delia Masanotti, Parent H&S Link Governor

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Elber Twoomey, Road incident survivor, Elber Twoomey Foundation

Elber lost her all members of her young family in an horrific incident in Cornwall whilst on holiday. She herself was severely injured. Since this time she has campaigned tirelessly to raise awareness of suicidal drivers.

Nominated by Ruth Purdie

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Gareth O'Hara and Kieran Brady, AAP/Paramedic, NI Sports Medics

They are decided to providing the best quality medical services to their community and organisations.

Nominated by Martin Corey

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Craig McDougall, Delivery Driver (Black Isle/Dingwall), Menzies Distribution/DHL

Craig delivers my parcels rain or shine with a smile and happy "hello" every time. He helps with the heavier items and goes the extra mile even if it adds extra work for him. In this time of uncertainty he is a gold standard of integrity and hard work as well as an all-round good community member. He deserves to be recognised for doing his job well with care and reliability.

Nominated by Megan Parker

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Adrian Spencer, Firefighter, West Midlands Fire Service

Adrian is nominated for his work in preventing close passes through conducting road safety campaigns in conjunction with Transport for West Midlands.

Nominated by Conal McLaughlin

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Jonathan Butler, Police Sergeant, West Midlands Police Service

Jonathan works with Transport for West Midlands to help prevent close passes through conducting a road safety campaign.

Nominated by Conal McLaughlin

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Eric Hill, Principal Engineer, Sweco

Eric has been constantly promoting and developing road safety through his work with over 30 years experience of road safety engineering. This has been accompanied by his promotion of safer driving over 25 years through the Institute of Advanced Motorists. He has also been a volunteer with the police (Tayside then Police Scotland) as a Special Constable for almost 20 years, specialising in community and roads policing. If that wasn't enough, Eric was elected onto the committee of the Society of Roads Safety Auditors (SoRSA) in 2003 as the representative for Scotland, setting about providing presentations and training for the road safety engineering community. This year he has been promoted to Vice Chair of SoRSA.

Nominated by Mannia Georgiadou

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Debbie Beagun, Crossing Patrol Officer, Newport City Council/Lliswerry Primary School

Debbie has been the Crossing Patrol officer at our school for over 30 years!

Nominated by Lliswerry Primary School

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Sandra, School crossing patrol, Hornsby House School, London

Sandra looks after us by coming in early and helping us to safely cross the road, stopping traffic and keeping us safe.

Nominated by all of 2R (Mr Riding), Hornsby House School, London

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Paul Neal, Logistics supervisor, O'Donovan Waste Disposal

Paul is always involved in all the road safety initiatives that we run as a company and is always happy to give his time to share his vast knowledge, going into schools and taking part in our educational safety sessions with road users.

Nominated by O'Donovan Waste Disposal

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Kevin Wilcox, Road Safety Officer, Staffordshire County Council

Kevin is a road safety officer who provides education and training to young people in Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire. A particular focus in on working with those who are learning to drive or who are in their first years of driving. He's also passionate about improving the safety of young people who ride motorbikes. What Kevin does is more than a job for him.

Nominated by Louise Martin

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PC Karen Russell, Police Scotland

Karen is a police officer in the Traffic Scotland National Control Centre. She keeps an eye on incidents coming into the police datebase and keeps the team informed. She ensures that both parties, the police on scene and the control room have all the up to date information to ensure the incident can be dealt with and everyone kept as safe as possible.

Nominated by Robyn Smith

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Clive Good, National Observer, IAM RoadSmart Solent

Clive gives up his time to help with road craft and how to use it in motorcycling.

Nominated by Mark A. Noy

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Dave Harford, traffic officer, National Highways

Dave posts loads of relevant road safety information on Twitter in a user-friendly manner.

Nominated by Lyn Turner

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Alan, School crossing patrol, Hampshire County Council for Crofton Hammond Infants

He's kind, friendly, teaches all the children about road safety and is considerate and inclusive of all children and adults. Our little man has SEND, but Alan is one of his favourite people. On Saturdays and Sundays they are always very disappointed when Alan isn't there!

Nominated by Alfred, Teddy and Beatrix Osborne

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Wendy Underwood, School crossing patrol, St Thomas C of E Primary Academy, South Yorkshire

Wendy keeps the children safe crossing the main busy road each morning and afternoon.

Nominated by St Thomas Cofe Primary Academy

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Alan Palmer, School crossing patrol, Hill Head Hampshire

Alan helps us cross road safely every day on the way to school and crosses parents after the school run too. He answers our "get to know Alan" questions each day and asks the children questions in return.

Nominated by Katie Ryder

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Roger Poultney, School crossing patrol, Batchley First School

Roger is always smiling and says hello to me while keeping me safe on the road to school.

Nominated by Kasey-Mae O’Connor

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David Gallagher, Young Driver Ambassador, Midlands

David began his work as a Young Driver Ambassador on a secondment with IAM RoadSmart. Although the role was discontinued he has made it his mission to continue spreading the word, engaging with young people, raising the profile of driving as lifelong learning not just something you pass once and forget. Visiting schools, colleges and universities he consistently tries to improve the perceptions of young drivers and their perceptions of continuing driver education.

Nominated by Jo Ellis, Ellis Roadcraft

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Amanda Turner, Dinner Lady/Crossing person, Ireleth St. Peter’s school

She’s our crossing person. She is careful and considerate with the children encouraging correct crossing behaviours and supports our attempt to get safer areas by school gates

Nominated by ISP school Parliament

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Brake's National Road Victim Service Team

Brake's national Road Victim Service team provides support and care selflessly to others in the most difficult of circumstances. Each and everyone of them have different qualities that contribute to the most amazing service. I am extremely proud of them every day. It is an honour to work beside them.

Nominated by Tracey Lister, Head of Service Delivery, Brake's National Road Victim Service

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Tina Collett, road safety lead, Northamptonshire Fire & Rescue

Tina is head of the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance. She works amazingly hard to keep road users, whether drivers or pedestrians, safe through community campaigns or specialist programmes. Tina always goes the extra mile to make Northamptonshire's roads safer.

Nominated by Darren Carson

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Heather “Ladypop” Cullingworth, Crossing Guard, Frittenden CEP School

Heather is on duty every morning and afternoon, and always with a smile! She gets to know the names of all the children and by the time our little ones reach primary school, they receive a personal Christmas card from “Ladypop”. Heather has visited preschool several times to show children her high-visibility coat, cap and lollipop and to talk about keeping safe while crossing the road. She goes above and beyond to keep our preschool and primary school children safe and aware of road safety.

Nominated by Sarah Davies and the children at preschool

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Pat, Road crossing warden, Oldfield Primary School, Chester

Everyday, rain or shine, our road crossing warden Pat ensures parents and children can cross the road (a minor rat-run) safely. She knows the name of every pupil and greets them all by name. Pat is a wonderful lollipop lady - so lovely with the children and adults nothing is too much trouble for her.

Nominated by Andrew Evans and Sally Stephens

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Lesley O'Brien OBE, Director, Freightlink Europe

Lesley is a responsible vehicle operator and goes above and beyond to keep her drivers safe. She is committed to road safety and promotes this on a regular basis throughout the Freight industry.

Nominated by D.tec International Ltd

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George King, Deputy Branch Manager, Securitas Security Services (UK) Ltd

George was driving his company vehicle on the motorway and was first on the scene of a collision involving two vehicles. George attended to the occupants of both vehicles who luckily had only sustained minor injuries and managed the safety of the scene by closing off the adjacent lane to passing traffic until emergency services arrived.

Nominated by Laura Maddocks, Securitas Security Services (UK) Ltd

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Nicholas Chambers, EFCC Driver and pump operator, Securitas Security Services (UK) Ltd

Nicholas witnessed a high-speed collision on the motorway. A driver had fallen asleep and crashed into the back of a lorry. Nicholas's emergency response driver training kicked in instantly, and he used his articulated lorry to stop traffic and protect people involved in the collision. Nicholas has received first aid training as part of his role and knew how to control and manage the situation until blue light services arrived at the scene.

Nominated by Laura Maddocks, Securitas Security Services (UK) Ltd

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Steve Fraser, designer and printer, E Petch Printers Ltd

Steve and his team ensure that Brake's support literature reaches the people who need it. He not only delivers the literature, he produces and prints it, and he is the illustrator of our renowned children's bereavement books and guides. Steve is also responsible for choosing couriers who are themselves safe road users. Yes, it's his job, but he does it with a smile and a can do attitude and nothing is ever too much trouble. People behind the scenes are often overlooked. Road Safety Week provides an opportunity for them to step out of the shadows and be applauded for the work they do.

Nominated by Paula Cox, Brake

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John Warner, Transport manager, Hills Quarry Products

Hills have partnered with Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue to deliver the Safe Drive Stay Alive Roadshow and John has been presenting it to employees across Hills Quarry Products. This important presentation helps our employees understand the dangers of the road, encouraging them to make a pledge to improve their driving safety.

Nominated by Lara Cox

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Warrant Officer Dominic Bellman, Royal School of Artillery

Dominic suffered the loss of his wife in 2015 due to a dangerous driver. He now delivers road safety presentations across the Armed Forces using his experience to educate others on the impact of dangerous driving.

Nominated by Michele Stuart

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Murray Park School

Three students from Murray Park school, in Derbyshire, Arjun Binning, Archie Couchman and George Ogan, were awarded Brake's Vision Zero Leaders Youth Leadership Award in 2020 for their outstanding work raising awareness about road safety in their school and local community. Read their story.

Nominated by Brake

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Wendy and Andrew Hallam

We lost my cousin Fraser, 19, in a road crash and my Aunty Wendy and Uncle Andrew have dedicated their time to raising money for Brake and arranging an annual memorial day in Fraser's memory. This is a big fundraising day in our local community to help raise awareness of Brake and the amazing work the charity does. Fundraising really helps them focus during such a difficult time and each year the total raised grows bigger and bigger. Sunday 22 August 2022 is our next fundraiser and it’s already shaping up to be the biggest and best yet. I'm so proud of everything they are achieving in Fraser's memory.

Nominated by Lisa Hughes

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Andy Cox, Lincolnshire Police

Detective Chief Superintendent Andy Cox is Head of Crime at Lincolnshire Police and the national lead for fatal collision investigation reporting. I am nominating him as a road safety hero for his tireless campaigning on road safety and fundraising for road safety charities.

Andy has constantly played a pivotal role in road safety matters across the UK in his role, and has raised significant funds for a charity that provides support to victims of road traffic collisions. His Twitter account is constantly promoting road safety and he is always seeking new ideas for road safety and promoting safety on UK roads

Nominated by Robert Jones, Birchall Blackburn, and David Smith

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Keith Richardson & Ghafar Ali, security officers

Keith and Ghafar attended an incident where two cyclists had been injured in a road crash. The officers attended to injured people and kept the driver at the scene until emergency services arrived.

Nominated by Laura Maddocks, Securitas Security Services

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Jashu, School crossing patrol, Goldbeaters Primary School

Every morning and afternoon, Jashu helps our children and their families cross the road safely to school. She adores her job and takes it very seriously. All the children love her. The families and local community really appreciate the job she does. She is a fantastic road safety hero!

Nominated by Richelle Cotter

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Paul Smith, support driver for Gasco Utilities Ltd

Paul keeps our teams in barriers SLG and site tidy whilst driving a lot of miles every week. His truck is maybe the oldest on the company but the cleanest and most looked after. Top man!

Nominated by Eamonn Brown

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Mandy Lawlor, School crossing patrol

Mandy is a marvellous, polite , friendly character. She works in all weathers to support our families to cross the road safely. She worked throughout Covid, including longer shifts to accommodate our ' bubble' timings. We are very grateful for her continued support and want to nominate her as our 'Hero'.

Nominated by St George's Academy, Darlington

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Tim Swift, mobile dog handler

Tim was driving between client sites when he was flagged down near the site of a crash that had just happened. The driver was still in the vehicle, seriously injured with multiple cuts and bleeding. Tim had the presence of mind to inform the emergency services, grabbed the first aid kit that he was carrying with him and administered basic first aid while reassuring the driver who was in an obvious state of distress. When emergency services arrived they were able to rescue the driver and transport him to hospital.

Nominated by Laura Maddocks, Securitas Security Services

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Charlie Fogarty, public speaker and charity worker

A talented teenager who aspired to be a professional footballer, Charlie's dream ended when he was hit by a car overtaking a bus when he was crossing the road. Charlie was in a coma for four months, suffered a severe brain injury and had to learn how to talk, walk, dress and perform basic tasks again. He now tours and talks at football clubs, schools, universities and corporate events. His speeches are heartbreaking and inspirational. Charlie also uses his experience as a teenager to get through to children and young adults about the dangers of the road, speeding and the consequences.

Nominated by Stuart Hughes and Beth Kennedy-Escott, Birchall Blackburn

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Lauren Doherty, Public speaker and founder of Road Safety Talks

13 years ago Lauren was on a night out with friends and while walking home was distracted crossing the road. She was hit by a van, thrown 30ft down the road and left paralysed. Lauren founded the charity Road Safety Talks to share her story and road safety messages. She has spoken to more than 8500 people and reached thousands through social media, radio, magazines and television. Lauren hopes that by sharing her story, she will help prevent others from making the same mistake as she did.

Nominated by Rebecca Blunstone

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Harriet, Road safety trainer, Leeds City Council

Harriet is passionate about road safety and visits schools across Leeds to teach road safety, pedestrian and scooter skills workshops. She is enthusiastic and hard working. She connects with children and adapts her teaching to suit every age group.

Nominated by Amy

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Wayne Tucker, Road Safety Officer for South Wales Police

Wayne has served as a police officer for 41 years and has been heavily involved with all aspects of road safety for the past 12 years. One of his many current roles is driver education, using his vast experience of dealing with often tragic and fatal incidents. Wayne also represents the police on varied road safety strategy bodies, helping to develop road safety measures. Wayne is a dedicated police officer who has dedicated his career to encouraging people to use roads safely.

Nominated by Stephen Wornham

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Iris Yee and Sara Hibbins

Iris and Sara met at a Brake fundraiser. They found support in their friendship and love of the outdoors. They trained as mountain guides, and set up a Grief Trail Project to provide walks and companionship for people bereaved in road crashes.

Nominated by Brake

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Paul Carvin

Paul helps police understand how it feels to lose a loved one in a road crash.

Nominated by Brake

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Carly Lewin, Brake volunteer

Since her boyfriend Steve was killed by a drink driver, Carly has regularly spoken out publicly about what happened to help explain the dangers of drinking and driving.

Nominated by Brake

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Graham Bryson, Blood Biker

Graham became a Blood Biker after being diagnosed with cancer. He used his advanced riding training to give back to the NHS and the people who saved his life.

Nominated by Emma Mitchell from IAM RoadSmart

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Graham Tyers, Brake fundraiser

Graham is a one of Brake's fabulous fundraisers and does an incredible job fundraising and raising awareness of road danger, in memory of his son Joseph.

Nominated by Brake

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Stephen Wornham, Road Safety Designs Ltd

Following an incident a few years ago when Stephen narrowly avoided hitting a man who was changing his tyre in the middle of the road on a dark night, he has worked tirelessly to keep people seen and safe on the roads and has invented a multi-award winning LED warning triangle. Stephen has dedicated his working life to keeping people safe on the roads.

Nominated by Claire Saralis Robinson

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Amanda Russell, Campaigner for 20mph speed limits in Faversham

Amanda Russell was awarded Brake's Vision Vero Leaders Community Campaign Achievement Award for 2020, for her successful efforts to get 20mph speed limit trials implemented, in her hometown of Faversham, Kent. Read Amanda's story.

Nominated by Brake

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Imogen Cauthery, Brake volunteer

Imogen is a fantastic volunteer helping raising awareness of the life-changing impact road injuries.

Nominated by Brake

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Sharron Huddleston, Road safety campaigner

Sharron has done tremendous campaigning for graduated driving licensing for young drivers in memory of her daughter Caitlin.

Nominated by Brake

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Pia McGregor, Office Manager, Weybridge Skip Hire, Surrey/Middlesex

Pia supports the Transport Manager in ensuring that all stuff understand the importance of road safety. She also gives up her our time to support local schools in our road awareness campaign.

Nominated by Lee Adam

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Maisie Powell, Road safety campaigner, Powys

My Grandma, aged 102 at the time, helped Brake with the Road Safety Week 2017 campaign and this image went far and wide on social media. Maisie sadly passed away in May 2020 so this nomination is in loving memory of her.

Nominated by Jason Wakeford

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Donna Thorpe, School crossing patrol officer, London borough of Hackney

Donna manages a very busy school crossing patrol site that has got even busier since LTNs and school streets have gone in place. Despite how it has got busier, and many road users ruder she still manages to greet the children of three schools by name and keep a smile on her face while keeping them safer.

Nominated by Max Moorcock

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Valerie Lloyd, St Margaret's CE Junior School, Warwickshire

Mrs Lloyd is our road safety patrol lady who has worked at our school for lots of years. She always makes sure we can cross the road safely and she is a cheerful and helpful. She goes the extra mile making sure that children understand how important following the safety rules are. She brightens everyone's day and is such an important part of our community.

Nominated by Mrs R Ellis

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Nazan Fennell, Founder/Director of Live in Hope

Nazan campaigns tirelessly to improve road safety and raise awareness about the dangers of cars and other vehicles. Her courage, her example, in the face of incalculable loss is commendable.

Nominated by John Munro, Emily Crane, Astrid Purzelbaum, and Annette Pattinson

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Sergeant Jay Turnbull, Defence Road Safety Advisor, 4 Inf Bde Cadet Training Team

Sergeant Jay Turnbull is our road safety hero because he keeps all the training team updated on road safety.

Nominated by Jason Turnbull

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Southsea Police Station, Portsmouth

Southsea Police Station educate our Junior Road Safety Officers who then host assemblies to educate our pupils in school.

Nominated by Trudy Sargeant in Wimborne, Hampshire

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Southsea Fire Station, Portsmouth

Southsea Fire Station crews help educate our Junior Road Safety Officers thereby enabling them to host assemblies on road safety.

Nominated by Trudy Sargeant in Wimborne, Hampshire

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Nikola Floodgate, Schemes planning and delivery manager, Kent County Council

Nikola is not satisfied with the status quo and is not afraid to try new approaches. She is totally dedicated to reduce road deaths and serious injuries.

Nominated by Suzy Charman, Road Safety Foundation

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Sarah Simpson, Associate Group Director, Royal Haskoning

Sarah is utterly devoted to road safety and the pursuit of truth. I have rarely met someone with such high levels of integrity in her work.

Nominated by Suzy Charman, Road Safety Foundation

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Charlotte Waller, personal injury solicitor, Pryers Solicitors LLP

Charlotte is a personal injury solicitor who specialises in RTC claims. Not only is she a hero because she helps people gain compensation to get their lives back on track, but she is passionate about the work she does and about raising awareness of how to prevent road crashes in the first place. As a cyclist, driver, PI solicitor and mother, she knows just how important road safety is and how many lives can be ruined if people are unaware of it.

Nominated by Beth Walker

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Miss Proffit, school crossing patrol, Chepping View Primary Academy, Buckinghamshire

Miss Proffit is our Academy Crossing Patrol Officer. She works before and after school to keep pupils safe when crossing the busy road outside our Academy. Miss Proffit always has a friendly smile on her face and over the years has built excellent relationships with the wider school community. Parents, pupils and teachers at the Academy really value Miss Proffit and the job she does for us all. We consider her role vital to the safety of our pupils.

Nominated by Junior Road Safety Officers at Chepping View Primary Academy, Buckinghamshire

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Paula Hammond, school crossing patrol, Rosendale School, Lambeth

Paula Hammond is our school crossing patrol and she see us and our children across a busy road, morning and afternoon, in all weathers.

Nominated by Gavin Gray, Rosendale School, Lambeth

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Year 6 Junior Traffic Ambassadors, Stanburn Primary School, Harrow

The Junior Traffic Ambassadors help younger pupils to understand important road safety messages and information. They also promote environmentally friendly and healthy travel choices to younger pupils.

Nominated by Mrs Hewett, Stanburn Primary School, Harrow

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Jeremy Phillips, Head of road user safety, National Highways

Jeremy is always challenging people to strive to do better and be more ambitious, and to reach for vision zero. He is clearly totally devoted to road safety as a cause and this comes through in his work and his demeanour.

Nominated by Suzy Charman, Road Safety Foundation

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Tom, school crossing patrol, Portsmouth City Council

Tom is our school crossing patrol. He helps keep our pupils and their families safe in any weather, rain or shine. Tom is always there to help us all cross the road safely.

Nominated by Trudy Sargeant in Wimborne, Hampshire

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Yasmine Al Moghrabi, Civil engineer and road safety manager

Yasmine Al Moghrabi holds two master’s degrees in road safety management, and highway transportation and traffic engineering, and uses her experience to campaign for safer roads. She attends and participates in many activities, research, or conferences related to road safety, traffic Engineering, and intelligent transportation systems, and created an Instagram page "Road Safety By Yasmine" to provide interactive and creative content related to road safety.

Nominated by Hana Issa

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Lynsey Langdon, School crossing patrol, King James Academy

Mrs Langdon ensures our school community crosses a busy road safely.

Nominated by Laura Rawlings on behalf of King James Academy in Hertfordshire

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Dave Conway, FM Conway

Dave Conway won the Kevin Storey Award for Outstanding Commitment to Road Safety in the UK Fleet Champions Awards 2021. Dave is a passionate advocate for the reduction and elimination of road deaths and injuries through the use of formal management systems and promotes this vision across the UK, Europe, and the rest of the world.

Read more on Global Fleet Champions

Nominated by Brake

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Kieren Tickner, Openreach

Kieren Tickner was awarded Road Risk Manager of the Year in the UK Fleet Champions Awards 2021 for his unwavering commitment to reducing road risk for Openreach’s 33,000 drivers. His hands-on, proactive approach has delivered tangible safety benefits and his colleagues credit him with changing how people at Openreach view road risk and instilling within them a desire to manage this risk.

Read more on Global Fleet Champions

Nominated by Brake

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Josephine Ovie, School Crossing Patrol Officer, London Borough of Hackney Council

Josephine is a School Crossing Patrol Officer and has to deal with vehicles and bikes not stopping, putting herself at risk to help children cross the road.

Nominated by Stacey Clark, Hackney, London

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Gina Patton, Merton Abbey Primary School

Ms Patton ensures the children (driven to school ) are dropped off at a secure, designated area and walked into school safely. We are grateful for the service she helps our school to provide and the security she offers to the children and families.

Nominated by Ms Angus, London

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20's Plenty Campaigners

There are literally thousands of voluntary campaigners in over 500 20's Plenty local campaigns in the UK that are working to make their communities safer and more liveable places to be. Already those campaigners have influenced decision-makers in councils and national governments to implement 20mph limits as their urban and village norms. Already these cover authorities with over 20 million residents and with Wales adopting 20mph as a national urban limit and Scotland setting it as a norm then by 2025 this will be nearly 30 million or half of the UK population. All are volunteers who give up their time to work within their communities for safer streets.

Nominated by Rod King, Founder, 20's Plenty

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Debbie Stowe, Insurance and facilities administrator, Hills Group

Debbie will be implementing new driver training across the business. This training helps drivers to examine and improve their driving practices, making them more alert to dangers on the road.

Nominated by Lara Cox. Hills Group

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