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Hard Shoulders - Motorway - M25

Increasing calls for reinstating hard shoul...

Mar 17, 2025Comments off

The introduction of smart motorways was intended to ease congestion and improve traffic flow. However, growing safety concerns, technological failures, and public opposition have fuelled

Car overtaking a lorry, road safety

UK highways ranked 8th most hazardous for H...

Feb 23, 2025Comments off

Great Britain has the 8th highest yearly fatal HGV collision rate in Europe, according to analysis by SNAP, the haulage industry’s digital marketplace. New research

Urgent call for law to prevent deaths from unsecured outriggers

Urgent call for law to prevent deaths from ...

Feb 10, 2025Comments off

In light of recent tragic incidents, it has become imperative to address the critical safety concerns associated with lorry outriggers. The absence of stringent regulations

20mph sign

Wales’ default 20mph leads to fall in cas...

Feb 03, 2025Comments off

The first year of Wales’ default 20mph speed limit saw around 100 fewer people killed or seriously injured on 20mph and 30mph roads, statistics show.

Car Driver

50% increase in drug driving deaths

Jan 20, 2025Comments off

There has been a 50% jump in drivers killed in collisions where the driver was under the influence of drugs, according to The AA Charitable

Ten years since drink drive law change in Scotland

Police step up breath tests as deaths rise

Dec 09, 2024Comments off

New figures out today show a slight increase in the number of roadside breath tests carried out by Police. In 2023 there were 276,914 tests

Timelapse image of a busy motorway

Ambitious investment in safer roads could s...

Dec 02, 2024Comments off

Investing £2.5bn into high-return road safety schemes could prevent more than 17,000 deaths and serious injuries over the next 20 years, saving nearly £9bn in

Car in middle of the road after an accident

Road Safety Week: Brake launches a new Road...

Nov 18, 2024Comments off

To mark the start of Road Safety Week, the charity’s biggest annual road safety campaign, Brake is launching a new Road Victims’ Charter, demanding essential

Bus and van sharing the road with a cyclist in London

2022 motoring offence still not appreciated...

Oct 15, 2024Comments off

More than two years after its introduction, research commissioned by commercial HGV and fleet insurance  broker, McCarron Coates, highlights how the motoring offence of Causing

Speeding at night

Is it time for hidden static speed cameras ...

Oct 02, 2024Comments off

Speeding remains one of the major factors contributing to road traffic accidents across the UK, raising an important question: should hidden static speed cameras be