Accident Management

Network Rail urges lorry drivers to ‘...

Nov 16, 2021Comments off

Network Rail has revealed the most-struck railway bridges in the country as it relaunches its ‘Wise Up, Size Up’ campaign, reminding lorry drivers and haulage

AX launches Motor Assist to support inciden...

Nov 08, 2021Comments off

Mobility and incident management specialist, AX, has launched a new, technology-driven end-to-end incident management service for fleet and leasing companies and their customers: AX Motor Assist. Building

New device will stop trucks from aquaplanin...

Oct 04, 2021Comments off

Researchers say they have developed a device that prevents vehicles including HGVs from aquaplaning during adverse road conditions. The Run Dry Traction System (RDTS) prevents

Driver of crashed Freightroute truck that b...

Aug 18, 2021Comments off

A Freightroute truck was crashed by a drunken lorry driver who was four times over the limit, according to Durham Police. The crash took place

UK road deaths drop for the first time in e...

Jun 25, 2021Comments off

Good news for the UK as provisional figures, released today, revealed a drop for the first time in eight years. With less traffic we have

UK has second worst road safety progress in...

Jun 21, 2021Comments off

The UK came 31st out of 32 European countries in terms of progress in reducing road deaths over the past 10 years, new statistics have

New SOS app launched for logistics professi...

Jun 21, 2021Comments off

A new app has been launched to turn smartphones into personal safety devices that provide live, round the clock assistance for logistics and road transport

Stats provide insight on impact of Covid-19...

Feb 01, 2021Comments off

Despite confirming an expected fall in the number of road deaths, new figures show the overall fatality rate actually increased during the first half of

Rear end collisions down 27% in 2020

Jan 19, 2021Comments off

Rear end collisions fell by a drastic 27% last year, according to analysis by AX of its latest accident data. Although the pandemic meant the overall number

Report calls for independent Road Collision...

Dec 07, 2020Comments off

A UK Road Collision Investigation Branch ‘should be established as an impartial investigator, independent from the existing judicial investigation process operated by the police’. That