Council and Corus drive home safe motoring message

Corus staff have been helping Neath Port Talbot Council's Road Safety team drive home the message of safe and responsible motoring.

The Steel giants have been working closely with the team to highlight the importance of wearing safety belts in the workplace and on the public highway and have helped hammer home the anti drink driving message.

This relationship has helped the company on its way to winning a Road Safety Wales award for their ground breaking initiatives to improve road safety in the workplace and community.

With over fifty thousand vehicle movements weekly on to their sites, traffic collisions and incidents of poor driving behaviour were becoming a matter of concern to the Tata owned company who took the lead in engaging with the work staff, families and friends in raising awareness of driving issues.

As a result of becoming involved with the Pass Plus Cymru and Bikesafe initiatives, which are coordinated by the Authority, the number of incidents of poor driving has fallen and the messages have been reaching the wider community.

Council leader Ali Thomas said: "The effort made by our local steel industry to raise the driving standards on site has been outstanding.

"Not only has the road safety message reached all of the staff and contractors, it has been spread further by family involvement in Pass Plus Cymru and motorcycle Bikesafe which has reflected on raised standards in driving on the roads in the Neath Port Talbot local authority area.

"This is a positive step forward in investing in road safety and Corus are to be applauded for their initiative and the well deserved award from the Road Safety Council for Wales"