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Motor Schools Association members magazine; driver training and testing; road safety
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Brave mum joins police campaign to reduce<br />
road casualties among young riders<br />
A bereaved mum has team up with Cheshire<br />
Police to launch an emotive new campaign<br />
with the aim of reducing the number of young<br />
people killed or seriously injured on the roads,<br />
particularly in motorcycle collisions.<br />
Harry Abbey was riding to work on his<br />
motorbike in July 2021 when he was involved<br />
in a serious collision. He died at the scene; he<br />
was just 19.<br />
Now, Harry’s mother Bev and his three<br />
siblings have bravely opened up on the<br />
impact losing Harry has had on them, with<br />
the hope that it stops any other family from<br />
having to go through the same pain and<br />
heartbreak.<br />
The video has been released on Cheshire<br />
Police’s social channels and will be used in<br />
schools and colleges across the county. The<br />
full version is available on the Cheshire Police<br />
website.<br />
Bev Abbey, Harry’s mother, said: “Losing<br />
Harry has been one of the most traumatic<br />
experiences of mine and my family’s life. That<br />
pain, it doesn’t go away, it will be there all the<br />
time – you just make more room for it and<br />
learn to live alongside it.<br />
“I want young people to know that they<br />
have a responsibility for not only their own<br />
lives, but a responsibility to come home –<br />
back to the people that love them.”<br />
Bev has also given Harry’s bike to the<br />
constabulary to be used by the roads<br />
education team.<br />
PC Darren Daniels, road safety education<br />
officer for Cheshire Constabulary, said: “I<br />
attend schools and colleges across the<br />
county all the time, educating and<br />
encouraging young people on how to stay<br />
safe while driving their cars or riding their<br />
bikes – yet serious and fatal collisions still<br />
happen.<br />
“We want young people to understand that<br />
they are not invincible, and their life matters.<br />
“It matters to those who are left behind<br />
dealing with the consequences and I hope<br />
that by Bev bravely sharing Harry’s story –<br />
and using his bike as an educational tool – we<br />
can make a real difference and help to reduce<br />
the number of young people who are<br />
needlessly killed on the county’s roads.”<br />
You can see the<br />
video by clicking<br />
on this panel<br />
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