Get Your Yellow Ribbon For National Road Safety Week 2026

Forbes, Parkes and Lachlan Shire Coun­cils will be getting behind National Road Safety Week 2026 from 17 to 24 May.

During the week, road users are encour­aged to take the pledge to Drive So Oth­ers Survive – including not being distracted while driving, not speeding and to never drive under the influence of drugs or alco­hol.

Parkes, Forbes and Lachlan Shire Coun­cils’ Road Safety and Injury Prevention Officer, Melanie Suitor, says the Councils’ have been supporting the initiative since 2017.

“During National Road Safety Week 2026, yellow ribbons will be displayed all across the country to remember those we have lost on the roads and to remind us to drive safely.

“The trauma caused by road crashes echoes through our community and is felt by so many – family and friends, work col­leagues, community groups, emergency service workers and local communities.

“Our fleet vehicles and staff will proudly display yellow ribbons, and you are en­couraged to pick up a vehicle sticker and/or lapel ribbon for free from our administration offices in Parkes, Forbes, Condobolin and Lake Cargelligo,” Ms Suitor said.

Forbes Town Hall will be lit yellow for the week along with the monument on Memo­rial Hill and the Sir Henry Parkes statue in Parkes.

Lachlan Children Services and Central West Family Day Care will be focusing on road safety during the week too.

You can sign the pledge to Drive So Oth­ers Survive online at www.roadsafetyweek.com.au.