Dangerous Driving

Truck jumping a rolling road block on the M6

Impatient drivers put traffic officers in d...

Mar 15, 2024Comments off

New footage released by National Highways reveals a series of frightening incidents where traffic officers and road workers have narrowly escaped serious injury because of

Car Damage

Treat road death as motor manslaughter

Dec 11, 2023Comments off

A retired barrister and part-time judge has spoken of his long-term calls for drivers who kill to be charged with motor manslaughter, rather than a

M42 Junction 9 Northbound

HGV driver imprisoned for seriously injurin...

Oct 25, 2023Comments off

Dominic Nicholls, a 53-year-old resident of Inkerman Terrace in Hadleigh, Ipswich, has been handed a 30-month prison sentence for the grave offense of dangerous driving

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Serco fined £240,000 after man killed in c...

Jun 29, 2023Comments off

Serco has been fined £240,000 after a man was killed when the lorry he was a passenger in crashed into litter picking vans blocking a

Policeman

New sentencing guidelines for motoring offe...

Jun 26, 2023Comments off

A comprehensive package of 12 new and revised sentencing guidelines for offenders convicted of motoring offences in England and Wales will come into effect on

Britain’s drug-driving crisis

Mar 08, 2023Comments off

The UK’s leading independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, is calling on the government to prioritise the growing crisis of drug-driving on Britain’s roads. Media

Using elbow to steer car transporter

Driver caught steering car transporter with...

Mar 03, 2023Comments off

Police officers overtaking a heavily-laden car transporter were shocked to discover the driver was using just one elbow to control the huge vehicle as he

National Highways Research Van

New research van rolled out to detect dange...

Jul 29, 2022Comments off

New mobile technology capable of automatically detecting motorists who fail to wear a seatbelt or hold mobile phones at the wheel is being trialled in