Event in Redditch to focus on supporting motorcyclists to stay safe on the roads
Redditch Advanced Motorcyclist Group are running it tomorrow (26 April) at the town's police and fire station
A group is holding an event in Worcestershire this weekend aiming to assist motorcyclists on the road to stay safe and become better riders.
The Redditch Advanced Motorcyclist Group, who also held one in 2025, have organised it in partnership with Police and Crime Commissioner John Campion, West Mercia Police and Hereford & Worcester Fire and Rescue Service.
In the last three years, 40 people have died and 320 have been seriously injured in collisions involving a motorcycle in West Mercia.
The day allows the opportunity for motorcyclists to go along and ride with one of the group’s qualified observers in a session and following it they'll receive feedback on what they're doing well and what they can improve.
Chief observer for the group Mike Richardson said it's a key time to get the message across and it is important to offer people this help.
"Underlying the whole sort of training is we want people to have fun on their motorcycles, there's a worthy element to it because we want people to be safer, but you also want people to enjoy their motorcycles and enjoy motorcycling," he said.
"This time of year, this is when people get their motorcycles out of the shed and they get out on the road and they probably haven't ridden their motorcycle for probably three or four months.
"So what we can do is help to address that and just point out some things that they may not have noticed themselves that can just help them to get back into the groove of motorcycling."
It's taking place at Redditch police and fire station from 10am to 4pm.