road safety

Complacency in national road safety casualt...

Aug 03, 2020Comments off

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

Better roads policing needed to prevent inc...

Jul 20, 2020Comments off

A leading police institution has highlighted a ‘clear and pressing’ need for authorities to recognise the importance of roads policing in reducing fatality figures. In

Government bans old coach, bus and lorry ty...

Jul 16, 2020Comments off

Tyres aged ten years and older will be banned from lorries, buses and coaches on roads in England, Scotland and Wales in a boost to

Minister highlights significant fall in KSI...

Jun 29, 2020Comments off

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

Driving for Better Business: Free ‘ready ...

Jun 12, 2020Comments off

A free driver app to help employers manage the safe return of furloughed staff who normally drive for work, and their unused vehicles, following the

Lytx supercharges its video telematics to h...

Jun 11, 2020Comments off

Lytx® is unveiling a next-generation technology designed to address distracted driving: enhanced machine vision and artificial intelligence-powered risk detection. Each day in the UK, a third of all

GEM issues medicines warning to drivers who...

Jun 09, 2020Comments off

Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is urging drivers who take hay fever remedies to check their medicines carefully before getting behind the

Report examines the safety of police pursui...

Jun 08, 2020Comments off

A new report into the safety of police pursuits in London has been published, setting out a series of recommendations to reduce the associated risks.

PACTS report: Roads policing and its implic...

Jun 04, 2020Comments off

The government should be guided by the science and prioritise roads policing to save lives and to combat wider criminality. A report released today [28

OSRAM LEDriving® lights help keep the coun...

Jun 02, 2020Comments off

A specialist range of LED driving and working lights from OSRAM is helping commercial vehicles (CV) transport essential items safely through the night thanks to