About us

The Staffordshire Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) was set up in 2001 as a partnership between public sector organisations in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent, with the aim of reducing road casualties and making our roads safer.

Most road safety initiatives in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent are delivered by one of our partner organisations, either as part of their normal service delivery or on our behalf.

The main partners are:

• Staffordshire Commissioner’s Office
• Staffordshire Police
• Stoke-on-Trent City Council
• Staffordshire County Council
• Staffordshire Fire & Rescue Service
• National Highways

Our Chair is Deputy Staffordshire Commissioner for Police, Fire & Rescue and Crime Dave Evans. He is supported by two Vice Chairs, Cllr Finlay Gordon-McCusker, Cabinet Member for Transport, Infrastructure and Regeneration at Stoke-on-Trent City Council; and Cllr Anthony Screen, Cabinet Member for Community Safety & Resilience at Staffordshire County Council.

Since the Partnership was set up in 2001, there’s been a significant reduction in the number of collisions resulting in injury in Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent. This will have been influenced by a range of factors, but work undertaken across the Partnership has also played a key role.

We identify opportunities to work together and ensure road safety delivery is as efficient and effective as possible. We also have governance measures in place to ensure activity is appropriate and delivered in line with the aims of the whole partnership.

Any death or injury on our roads is one too many, so we continue to strive for further improvements in road safety. A key focus of our activity is addressing the persistent challenges with some of our most vulnerable road users, such as young drivers and motorcyclists.