

Posted on Wednesday 19th October 2022 in All Road Users, Cyclists, Drivers, Education and Training
Multiple motoring offences were detected by police during an operation to raise awareness of cycle safety.
Officers from the Roads Policing Unit (RPU) and Sussex Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) worked together to provide a day of education and enforcement. The activity was held on the A283 – Upper Beeding – on Wednesday 19th of October, between 10:00-12:00, as part of Project EDWARD (Every Day Without A Road Death). This location was selected due to Operation Crackdown reports received in relation to the close pass of pedal cyclists.
Casualty Reduction and Partnership Sergeant, Richard Hornsey led the operation with the support of 2 Casualty Reduction Officers (CRO’s), an RPU Motorcyclist, a single crewed RPU car and an RPU Sergeant who rode the pedal cycle. During the operation, the police cyclist posed as a ‘spotter’ in order to detect any offences that the rest of the team was able to intersect.
The Highway Code sets out in Rule 163 the recommended clearance to give cyclists when overtaking.
Rule 163
Overtake only when it is safe and legal to do so. You should
You can find more information from the Highway Code.
(All information is correct at the point of publishing this news update)
In just a few hours, the team detected:
Our album of images taken on Project EDWARD day 3, in Upper Beeding with the support of RPU, is available here on our website over in our gallery!
Check it out👇