road safety

Brigade Electronics’ award-winning Backeye®360 receives an AI upgrade.

Brigade Electronics’ Backeye®360 receive...

Apr 16, 2024No Comments

Brigade Electronics has added artificial intelligence technology to its award-winning Backeye®360 vehicle safety solution. The 360-degree four camera system, which has been a best-selling product

Bright Headlights

RAC welcomes independent study into headlig...

Apr 08, 2024No Comments

The RAC has welcomed a commitment from the Government to commission an independent study into the issue of headlight glare, after research showed an overwhelming majority of

Traffic on A414 dual-carriageway

Police to focus on ‘fatal four’...

Apr 08, 2024No Comments

Police forces across the country are supporting a four-week operation to highlight the ‘fatal four’ offences. The operation, which got underway on 1 April, is

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

Crash test with damping front. Swedish Transport Agency

New truck front to save lives

Mar 13, 2024Comments off

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology, in Sweden, have developed a new truck front concept to significantly reduce fatal crashes in car-truck collisions. The new

Bright Headlights

Drivers dazzled by more than headlights

Feb 29, 2024Comments off

Three quarters (76%*) of drivers have told The AA they are being blinded by the headlights of oncoming vehicles, while half (52%) have been dazzled

DVSA Roadside Check Point

Government launches review into DVSA

Feb 19, 2024Comments off

The Government has launched an independent review of the DVSA so that it ‘remains well placed to provide excellent services to keep Britain moving safely

Motorway at night

Have Highway Code changes made roads safer?

Jan 30, 2024Comments off

Half of drivers still feel unsure whether changes to the Highway Code – made two years ago – have made the roads safer for pedestrians,

Rural Road

Rural roads are becoming more deadly again

Jan 22, 2024Comments off

NFU Mutual has announced plans to create a Code for Countryside Roads, to bring together ‘expert knowledge and advice to make rural roads safer for

A busy road with traffic

Cost-of-living crisis ‘encouraging’ dri...

Jan 08, 2024Comments off

New data shows 400,000 drivers have been caught driving without insurance over the past four years. iCompario submitted a Freedom of Information request to the DVSA