Targeted campaign to help keep people safe on the roads of East Sussex

Have noisy or speeding vehicles been a problem where you live?

Sussex Police have deployed an annual targeted operation to ensure drivers are safe on the road.

Operation Downsway launched in April in East Sussex and will run every weekend through the summer months.

The aim of the operation is:

• Reducing the number of people who are killed or seriously injured on the roads of East Sussex
• Reducing the number of reported incidents of anti-social driving
• Increase public confidence in local policing through increased visibility and patrols
• Target those individuals who are prepared to drive on the roads in an anti-social or irresponsible manner.

Residents are also being encouraged to alert us to road safety issues that are impacting their communities.

You can help us by filling in this survey telling us about what’s happening on the roads in your area, and by reporting incidents to the Operation Crackdown website.

Working together with The Sussex Safer Road Partnership, the Casualty Reduction Team, the Safety Camera Team, and specialised Community Speed Watch groups, officers will provide a high visibility presence across our road network to make sure law-abiding road users including drivers, motorcyclists and cyclists can do so with confidence and in safety.

The campaign will include regular speed checks and will target anti-social driving and riding.

Eastbourne District Commander Chief Inspector Di Lewis said: “The safety of our communities is hugely important to us. The fear of anti-social driving is greater for some than the fear of being a victim of crime. 

“Our teams will conduct an increased number of patrols with the objective to not only reassure our communities, but also to increase public confidence in  local policing through road safety activities.

“It is important that we work together.  By doing so, we can reduce the number of people who lose their lives or are seriously injured on the roads across East Sussex. 

"I would encourage members of the public to help promote safer roads by reporting incidents of anti-social driving to Sussex Police or on-line via Operation Crackdown website in order that appropriate action can be taken where necessary.”    

Operation Crackdown is an online reporting tool provided by Sussex Police and supported by the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership. Crackdown allows members of the public to report drivers of vehicles who, in their view may have been driving anti socially.

If the public wish to report anti-social driving or abandoned vehicles they should do so via www.OperationCrackdown.org or those without access to the internet can call 01243 64 22 22.