National Highways

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

Safety Camera

More police forces join National Highways t...

Feb 23, 2024Comments off

A trial of new mobile technology which can automatically detect motorists who are not wearing a seatbelt or using mobile phones while driving is being

National Highways traffic officer Gaye Bayliss

National Highways teams working this Christ...

Dec 18, 2023Comments off

National Highways teams are gearing up to make sure motorists heading home for Christmas don’t end up “top to toe in tailbacks”, with “red lights

New weather stations to help get England’...

Oct 23, 2023Comments off

With winter approaching, National Highways is investing £15.4m in a new state-of-the-art network of weather stations, including supporting infrastructure, that will provide real-time data of

The plans for the Wood Lane junction between North Tuddenham - Easton

A47 road schemes in Norfolk given go-ahead

Jul 10, 2023Comments off

Three multi-million-pound road schemes aimed at improving safety and reducing journey times around Norwich are a step closer after a judge upheld the original decisions

Free ‘Toolbox Talks’ for van dr...

Mar 17, 2023Comments off

Following the runaway success of its free, multi award-winning Van Driver Toolkit, National Highways has a series of “Toolbox Talks” – short, easy to follow

National Highways launches HGV blindspot sa...

Feb 28, 2023Comments off

National Highways has launched a new safety campaign, amid concerns about drivers’ awareness of heavy goods vehicle ‘blind spots’ when overtaking. Car and van drivers

New electric vehicles help National Highway...

Feb 07, 2023Comments off

National Highways is continuing to super-charge its drive to cut carbon emissions with 307 state-of-the-art zero-emission and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) joining its fleet.

National Highways launches mobile tyre-mana...

Jan 09, 2023Comments off

One in five breakdowns on the strategic road network (SRN) is caused by tyre failure: that’s 50,000 tyre-related breakdowns every year. And 30% of those

750 seat belt and mobile phone offences in ...

Dec 20, 2022Comments off

National Highways says it identified more than 750 seat belt and mobile ‘phone offences along a short section of the M6 in Merseyside earlier this