What we do
Northumbria Police aims to:
Reduce road casualties
Target criminals through their use of the roads
Tackle the threat of terrorism
Reduce anti-social use of the roads
Enhance confidence and reassurance by patrolling the roads.
Our aims
The Northumbria policing plan for 2011-2014 has identified the following targets and assessments for safer roads and other transport networks:
Reduce the number of people killed in road traffic collisions by a third by 2020 (from a 2004-08 benchmark average of 52 to 35);
Reduce the number of people seriously injured in road traffic collisions by a third by 2020 (from a 2004-08 benchmark average of 544 to 363);
Reduce the number of people slightly injured in road traffic collisions by a third by 2020 (from a 2004-08 benchmark average of 5562 to 3708);
Halve the number of children killed or seriously injured in road traffic collisions by 2020 (from a 2004-08 benchmark average of 89 to 45); and
Reduce the percentage of people who perceive speeding or dangerous driving to be a problem in their local area from a baseline provided by survey results in April 2011.