Reducing deaths and serious injury on your roads
Between April 2025 and March 2026, the Telford & Wrekin Community Safety Partnership (CSP) continued to prioritise the reduction of deaths and serious injuries (KSI) on local roads. Across the year, the partnership strengthened data driven approaches, increased enforcement on high harm routes, and expanded education programmes for key risk groups including young drivers, mature drivers, and motorcyclists.
KSI numbers in Telford & Wrekin remain comparatively low; however, emerging risks — including motorcycle collisions, anti social driving behaviour, car meets, and dangerous driving — required proactive action.
• Operation Mantle (Updated Jan 2026)
o Targeted response to car meets
o Improved intelligence-sharing and proactive enforcement
o Planned comms strategy to respond to expected seasonal increases
• Winter Enforcement: Op Limit (Dec 2025)
o 72 arrests across Telford & Wrekin:
o 19 alcohol
o 43 drugs
o 3 drunk in charge
o 7 unfit through drink/drugs
Anti Social Road Use (Car Meets, Street Racing)
o Summer 2025 saw substantial increases in car meet activity, some involving illegal racing
o WMP adopted new tactics, working with West Midlands Police
o Traffic restrictions added in some areas with Local Authority support
o No KSIs linked to this behaviour locally, but national evidence indicates high risk
o Further increases expected from Spring 2026
Created a tab on the CSP dashboard to identify road collisions and any hotspot areas
Delivered lowest KSI casualty figures in five years
Strengthened multi-agency approach, especially data sharing
Expanded education programmes for young and mature drivers
Targeted motorcycle risk through THINK BIKE and tailored programmes
High enforcement activity across Fatal Four and high-harm routes
Tackled unregulated car meets through Op Mantle and cross-force tactics
Allocated full PCC funding to high-impact community programmes
Strategically reviewed major roads including A442, A518, and A41
A continued focus on young drivers, mature drivers, vulnerable road users, and high harm routes will be essential to sustaining and improving these outcomes.
Theme | Example areas of planned intervention and action |
Education | The team manage and deliver a range of education, training and publicity programmes throughout the year, targeted at priority groups of road users who are identified as being at greatest risk of harm, based on casualty and collision data. |
Engineering | Engineering matters in relation to road safety are the responsibility of Traffic Management Advisors (TMAs) who work within the Road Safety team and act as the focal point for professional advice and police representation in relation to current and proposed highway schemes, highway and traffic legislation and safety matters. |
Enforcement | The team manages a structured speed enforcement programme, operating within strict, self-imposing guidelines, covering casualty reduction but also community concern. |