accidents
‘No need to speed’ announced as...
The theme for UK Road Safety Week 2020 has been announced as ‘No need to speed’, following findings that just a quarter of people think
Accidents in 20mph zones rise nearly 150% i...
The number of accidents that happen in 20pmh zones increased by 148% in three years as drivers continue to ignore the slowest speed-restrictions across the
Complacency in national road safety casualt...
The DfT published annual road casualty statistics 2019 for Great Britain this week*, and the overarching trend is no real or dramatic improvement in road
How fleet managers can best prepare for RTA...
Shops, restaurants and many other businesses are beginning to reopen as lockdown restrictions ease. Our pavements and roads are gradually returning to pre-lockdown levels of
Minister highlights significant fall in KSI...
The number of people killed or seriously injured (KSI) in road collisions fell by 70% during lockdown, transport secretary Grant Shapps has revealed. Government figures
Accidents caused by slow driving are on the...
The Department for Transport (DfT) has revealed that fatalities related to slow driving are increasing. Figures from 2019 show that two people were killed and
Driver safety: In the blink of an eye
Research from this year’s Road Safety Week (18-24 November) has revealed that nearly a third of drivers claim to have experienced a collision or near
A day without a single road death still the...
Nearly half of the countries who participated in Project EDWARD recorded no road deaths on 26 September – although the UK was not one of
1,754 road deaths recorded in 2018
Final casualty statistics for 2018 are in line with the provisional figures published earlier in the year – showing continued stagnation when it comes to
Drink Drive: Fatalities up 25%
A Government report published yesterday (28 August 2019)* shows that the number of people killed in road accidents where the motorist was over the drink
