The Accident Prevention Unit is responsible for road, home and water safety education training and publicity in the borough.

The unit will…

  • Check your children’s car seats
  • Visit nursery and under 5s groups to offer advice to parents on basic road safety
  • Visit all schools to train younger children in basic road and home safety and older children in pre driver training
  • Visit community groups to talk about safety
  • Visit Anti natal and post natal groups to talk about home and car safety
  • Provide cycle training courses in schools and additional courses over the summer holidays
  • Organise driver assessment events run by the local group of the RoSPA Advanced Drivers Association (NETRoADA).
  • Organise and run road safety campaigns
  • Provide information stands for exhibitions and community events

To find out about…

Cycle training courses, booking an appointment with us to visit to your organisation, how to arrange for your child’s car seat to be checked or general road and home safety advice contact David Garrod on 020 8496 3000 or email david.garrod@walthamforest.gov.uk

Contact us

Public Realm
Environment and Regeneration
Low Hall
Argall Avenue
London E10 7AS

Tel 020 8496 3000
Fax 020 8521 3577
Email wfdirect@walthamforest.gov.uk