Dame Sarah Store is now the Active Travel Commissioner for Greater Manchester.
Speaking at the fund was unveiled, the Paralympian said she will never forget “that feeling of terror” when she was hit by a car while riding her bike near Westhoughton in 2006.
“The car bonnet hit my left hip and I was powerless to stop it flinging me across the roundabout”, he said.
The combined authority has endorsed a road safety improvement target called Vison Zero, which aims to eliminate road deaths and life-changing injuries by 2040.
In 2023, 45 people lost their lives and 754 were seriously injured on roads across Greater Manchester. In 2003, the number of fatalities in the region was 126.
