Useful links

The Highway Code
Rules and advice for motorists, cyclists and pedestrians and road safety.

More information on Highway Code changes 2022
Rules for all types of road users were updated in The Highway Code in 2022 to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses.

Road Traffic Signs
More information on the road traffic signs you will see.

MOT checker
Find out if a vehicle has an MOT certificate and when it runs out. You’ll need the vehicle’s registration number (number plate). You can also set up free reminders for your MOT.

Brake – the road safety charity
Brake campaign to end road crashes as well as supporting people affected by road death and injury.

THINK!
THINK! is the government’s designated road safety campaign. Their campaigns have evolved from encouraging the use of seat belts to tackling excessive speed, drink and drugs, and the use of mobiles at the wheel.

Morning After Calculator
The Morning After Calculator is a guide which gives you an idea of how long it takes alcohol to be out of your system.

Cycling UK
Advice for cyclist as well as useful tools such as a route planner.

Ride Craft Hub
Ride Craft Hub is being piloted in 2024 as part of Project Apex, a partnership between the National Police Chiefs’ Council and National Highways to improve road safety for motorcyclists.

The British Horse Society
Everything you need to know when riding out or hacking – including planning your route, what to wear, and common incidents and how to handle them.

Pol-Ed
Pol-Ed is a West Yorkshire Police education programme, written by teachers for teachers in schools across West Yorkshire. Its purpose is to keep children safe by developing their understanding of risks, consequences and the law and to develop their resilience and ability to help and support each other.

The Older Drivers Forum
They have created a number of videos about the Forum and our recommendations and advice to older drivers. They also have videos with practical and informative advice on a number of subjects that Older Drivers can have difficulty with when driving on the road.

Driver distraction video
Take this interactive test and find out if you’re alert when behind the wheel.

Child car seat safety
You can find advice about fitting, choosing and buying child car seats on a number of websites such as Good Egg Safety, The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, and Car Seat Smarter.

Information on safe passing distances

Brake and the Independent Road Victim Advocate Service

Brake are a national road safety charity offering comprehensive support. There is a dedicated West Yorkshire advocacy service, a helpline, and a downloadable guide.

Additional support services are also being offered to victims of serious road collisions through an Independent Road Victim Advocate (IRVA). The families of people killed or seriously injured on the county’s roads, as well as people who have been seriously injured themselves can access:

• Emotional support.
• Practical support.
• Help understanding procedures, such as criminal prosecutions or court cases.
• Support seeking and using lawyers.
• Family support, for example with children or the elderly.
• Injury rehabilitation.

The IRVA will provide face-to-face support following referrals from Police Family Liaison Officers (FLOs), who have first contact with road victims. You can also self-refer by contacting Brake.

SCARD
A West Yorkshire charity, offering support and care after road death and injury. It has an online memorial page, and holds a service of remembrance at Leeds Minster every year in November.

Naomi Cheri Gough Foundation
A West Yorkshire charity helping parents and guardians of a child whose life has been taken on the roads of West Yorkshire due to a road traffic incident.

DayOne
A charity offering help to anyone in West Yorkshire affected by major physical trauma.

Victim Support
A national charity offering support to victims of crime and traumatic events. It has local victim assessment and referral centre and helpline based in West Yorkshire.

Citizens Advice
Provides confidential advice to people on a wide range of matters and offers a support service to witnesses.

NHS Organ Donation
Provides advice about organ and tissue donation.

What to do when someone dies
Government advice about the legal and financial process.

The Coroner’s Court Support Service
A national service providing emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an inquest at a Coroner’s Court.

Crime Prosecution Service
A national service providing information for victims and witnesses.

Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS)
The national association of motor accident solicitors who represent victims of road crashes.

Law Society
Helps to find a solicitor in the UK.

Disability Law Service
A free national legal advice for people with disabilities and their families.

The West Yorkshire Vision Zero partnership is made up of the below partners:

• Local Authorities - Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, Wakefield.
• National Highways.
• Road safety campaigners.
• Victim support services.
• West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service.
• West Yorkshire Safety Camera Partnership.
• West Yorkshire Police.
• Yorkshire Ambulance Service.

This section has information and support for people impacted by serious and fatal road traffic collisions. For the most serious and fatal collisions, the impact on victims, their families and friends, and the other people involved, is life changing. There are often a host of practical, procedural, and emotional challenges to overcome, but advice and support is available to help people cope, and to promote recovery, resilience, and rehabilitation.

Bereavement and emotional support

• Bereavement Bradford Council
• Bereavement Directory
• Mental health - Bradford Council - Directory of mental health support in Bradford.
• Mind in Bradford - A local charity supporting people of all ages with their mental health issues.

Practical and financial support

• I have a disability - Bradford Council - Support for disabled people in Bradford.
• Equality Together - Free advice to those with complex and continuing health care conditions in Bradford.
• Adult social care - Bradford Council - Help for adults in Bradford who need support to live well.
• Support for Carers - information, advice, and support to unpaid carers in Bradford.
• Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) Specialist Assessment and Support Service
• Bradford Local Offer - help and advice for Bradford children and young people with disabilities and special education needs and their parents and carers.
• Blue Badge Scheme - parking permits for people in Bradford with severe disabilities.
• Changing Places Toilets - information on the location of Changing Places toilets in for people with disabilities in Bradford.
• Cost of Living Bradford – provides support with the cost of living on various issues.
• Help with managing your money and debt – provides information and support with managing debt.
• Citizens Advice Bradford – provides confidential advice to people in Bradford on a wide range of matters and offers a support service to witnesses.

Support with legal processes

• Register a death Bradford Council  – information about how to register a death in Bradford.

More information on services in Calderdale can be found on Calderdale Council’s website. 

Bereavement and emotional support

• Bereavement Support Kirklees
• Bereavement Support - South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental health support in Kirklees

• Mental health support – Urgent support, along with advice and self-help guides to supporting mental health. 

Practical and financial support

• Adult social care and health Kirklees Council – help for adults in Leeds who need support to live well.
• Support for carers Kirklees Council – information, advice, and support for Carers.
• Carers Count Kirklees – support and advice for unpaid carers in Kirklees.
• Kirklees Shared Lives – respite and care for adults with additional needs.
• REAL – Employment opportunities for adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.
• Local Offer Home Kirklees SEND Local Offer – help and advice for Kirklees children and young people with disabilities and special education needs and their parents and carers.
• Applying for a Blue Badge parking permit - Kirklees Council - parking permits for people in Leeds with severe disabilities.
• Changing Places Toilets Kirklees Council - information on the location of Changing Places toilets in for people with disabilities in Kirklees.
• Money advice Kirklees Council – support on a range of money related matters.
• Kirklees Citizens Advice –  provides confidential advice to people in Kirklees on a wide range of matters and offers a support service to witnesses.

Support with legal processes

• Register offices - Kirklees Council - information about how to register a death in Kirklees.

Bereavement and emotional support

• Leeds Directory - information about bereavement, emotional support, and a wide range of other support services available in Leeds and nationally.
• Mindwell Leeds – directory of mental health support in Leeds.
• Leeds Mind – mental health and wellbeing support for adults in Leeds.

Practical and financial support

• Dial Leeds – support for disabled people in Leeds.
• William Merritt Disabled Living Centre – a Leeds based charity providing impartial and professional advice for children and adults living with a disability or long-term condition.
• Leeds adult social care  – help for adults in Leeds who need support to live well.
• Carers Leeds – information, advice, and support to unpaid carers in Leeds.
• Leeds SEND Local Offer – help and advice for Leeds children and young people with disabilities and special education needs and their parents and carers.
• Leeds blue badge scheme - parking permits for people in Leeds with severe disabilities.
• Changing Places - information on the location of Changing Places toilets in for people with disabilities in Leeds.
• Leeds Money Information Centre – support on a range of money related matters.
• Citizens Advice Leeds  –  provides confidential advice to people in Leeds on a wide range of matters and offers a support service to witnesses.

Support with legal processes

• Leeds Registrars Service – information about how to register a death in Leeds.
• What to do when someone dies – government advice about the legal and financial process.
• The Coroner’s Court Support Service – a national service providing emotional support and practical help to bereaved families, witnesses and others attending an inquest at a Coroner’s Court.
• Crime Prosecution Service - a national service providing information for victims and witnesses.
• Motor Accident Solicitors Society (MASS) – the national association of motor accident solicitors who represent victims of road crashes.
• Law Society – help to find a solicitor in the UK.
• Disability Law Service – free national legal advice for people with disabilities and their families.

Road safety information and guidance

Community road safety resources

Bereavement and emotional support

• RoadPeace – for road crash victims. Provides support to those bereaved by or injured in a road crash.
• Age UK – the UK’s largest charity working with and for older people.
• Child Death Helpline – for anyone affected by the death of a child of any age, from pre-birth to adult. Under any circumstances, however recently or long ago.
• Cruse Bereavement Care – provides bereavement support, including for those experiencing loneliness.
• Turning Point Talking Therapies – free, quick and easy access to a range of psychological therapies.

Practical and financial support

• Adult social care in Wakefield
• Information for unpaid carers
• Cost of Living support and guidance
• Money smart – helps people become smarter at managing money and making the most of their income.
• Citizens Advice Bureau – helps people resolve their legal, money and other problems Provides free, independent and confidential advice.
• Wakefield Blue Badges – apply for a Blue Badge. For drivers, passengers or children with severe mobility problems. And for those who are registered blind.
• Blind or disabled person’s travel pass

Support with legal processes

• What to do after a death