👉Please donate to the RoadPeace Challenge 2024👈

The RoadPeace Challenge 2024 is now underway, uniting emergency services, local authorities, bereaved families, businesses and communities across the country in a series of activities aimed at raising awareness about road harm and honouring road crash victims.

Throughout the week of action, which runs from May 13-19, 2024, supporters will be collectively running, cycling, walking or horse riding 1,766 miles to honour the 1,766 people reported killed on UK roads in 2022.

Jo Shiner, Chief Constable of Sussex Police and the National Police Chiefs’ Council lead for roads policing, released this video today to wish all RoadPeace Challenge 2024 participants ‘good luck’ and to explain why the event is so important.

Here are just some of the activities taking place this week:

Police Forces

Northamptonshire Police: Road Policing Constable Emilie Bunkall is organising a road safety day in Abington Park on Saturday, May 18, in collaboration with various road safety organisations.

Leicestershire Police: The Serious Collision Investigation Unit will conduct a 24-hour static cycle with a team of officers, and a run from Police HQ.

West Yorkshire Police: Officers from the Operational Support Division will aim to complete 1,766 miles by running, walking, cycling, or wheeling.

West Mercia Police: Staff will engage in activities like running, dog walking, cycling, and swimming to contribute to the mileage count.

Essex Police: Roads Policing Officer Ben Houghton will do his second Ride to Remember, cycling one mile for every person killed on Essex roads.

Thames Valley Police: The force is organising a walk and reaching out to local schools to involve children in the Challenge.

South Yorkshire Police: Roads Policing Sergeant Brandon Brown will run a 10k every day during the Challenge week.

North Yorkshire Police: Officers from across the force will engage in physical activities around North Yorkshire to support the Challenge.

Merseyside Police: Officers will cover as many miles as possible at Police HQ using treadmills and static bikes.

Local Authorities

Warwickshire, Staffordshire, and Derbyshire road safety partnerships: The partnerships have organised a walk at Hartshill Hayes Country Park in Warwickshire on Friday, May 17. The walk starts and ends at the county’s memorial for road traffic victims.

Safer Roads Greater Manchester: On Thursday, May 16, a ‘community mile’ will take place at Heaton Park, with emergency services, road safety professionals, local school children, bereaved families, and the public walking together.

Sussex Safer Roads Partnership: They will be taking part in a memorial walk on Monday, May 13.

Fire and Rescue Services

Cheshire Fire & Rescue Service: Events will be held across key stations to support the Challenge

Surrey Fire and Rescue Service/National Fire Chiefs’ Council (NFCC): Surrey Chief Fire Officer Dan Quin will cycle 31 miles to honor the 31 people killed on Surrey’s roads in 2022.

RoadPeace Events

RoadPeace London: On Tuesday, May 14, RoadPeace staff, local members, police, and other supporters will walk from the RoadPeace office in Brixton to Crystal Palace, where Bridget Driscoll became the first pedestrian killed by a motor vehicle in 1896.

RoadPeace South West and the Clevedon Canoe Club: A kayaking taster session will take place on Saturday, May 18, at the Clevedon Canoe Club.

Want to get involved?

It’s not too late the take part in the event and no distance is too short.

To help supporters make the most of the week of action, RoadPeace has released a comprehensive step-by-step guide which can be found here

The guide includes:

• Instructions on how to log mileage during the week of action via our website
• Effective ways to promote activities on social media and through public relations
• Details of how to attend the RoadPeace Challenge 2024 finale event on May 19, at the National Memorial Arboretum, in Staffordshire. Participants from across the UK will be attending the event to walk the final mile of the challenge together and bring the event to a close

Please donate

RoadPeace relies on donations and sponsorship to continue its vital work – Supporting people bereaved or seriously injured in road crashes.

Your support will help us to continue to provide our services, which include:

• Our national helpline
• Local and online support groups
• Campaigning for justice
• Working to reduce road danger

Please make a donation in support of the many activities going on across the UK throughout the week of action here: RoadPeace Challenge 2024 Donation

Updated on: 13 May 2024