Road safety | Leicestershire County Council

We record accident data for roads in Leicestershire to help us identify accident locations and work towards reducing road casualties. We also run a number of campaigns throughout the year to promote safer driving.

Report a road problem

Safer driving with age sessions

If you’re 60 or over and want to feel more confident on the road, a refresher driving session could be for you.

Rugby Road and Hinckley town centre improvement scheme

Improvements are being made to two key junctions on the B590 Rugby Road corridor and a range of highway improvements to cycling and pedestrian provision, parking facilities and direction signing throughout Hinckley are also proposed.

Traffic counts and speed data

The Data Collection Team can provide data on all types of traffic and pedestrian movements from over 262 Automatic Traffic Count (ATC) sites.

Community Speed Watch (CSW)

Community Speed Watch is an educational scheme to help people reduce speeding traffic though their community.

Driver Education Workshops

Driver Education Leicester runs courses, such as the National Speed Awareness Course, on behalf of the Leicestershire Constabulary.

Pre-driver courses

We offer Pre-driver courses for people aged 16/17 who are interested in learning to drive

Traffic accident data

Provision of Road Traffic Collision (RTC) data for roads within Leicestershire.