Research shows benefits of 20mph with 'physical measures'05/06/2025 Fresh research from the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology (POST) shows that 20mph speed limits supported by physical measures help reduce traffic collisions and casualties. |
New collaboration platform for Safe System practitioners14/04/2025 Road Safety GB and the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) have launched a new platform to support sector-wide collaboration on the Safe System approach to road safety. |
500,000 deaths ‘a grim and shaming milestone’04/06/2024 Sixty organisations have set out four ‘life-saving priorities’ for the next government as the UK passed 500,000 road deaths since records began in 1926. |
PACTS manifesto sees 33 bodies sign on for 'immediate' road safety action16/05/2024 Parliament's road safety advisers have co-ordinated a manifesto with the support of 33 organisations calling for 'immediate and strategic action' to address road fatalities and serious injuries. |
PACTS boss' blistering attack on DfT for withholding information13/10/2022 The head of an influential transport safety group has launched a scathing attack on the Department for Transport (DfT) for its failure to respond to FOI requests on important road safety information. |
Lugg to chair PACTS working group17/04/2020 Matthew Lugg OBE has been selected to chair the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) Road Environment Working Party. |
One in four people killed in car crashes not wearing seat belts30/04/2019 A leading road safety charity has called for new measures to increase seat belt use after a report showed a disproportionate number of people dying in cars on the roads are not wearing the compulsory safety devices. |
PACTS report shows Britain has safe roads, but not for pedestrians21/09/2016 A report published by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) suggests that Great Britain has consistently been among the world’s countries with the lowest rates of road deaths, but there are areas where the country does not compare well. |
Road deaths continue to rise04/08/2016 Statistics released by the Department for Transport (DfT) show a two per cent increase in the number of people killed or seriously injured on Britain’s roads over the last year to 31 March 2016. |
Roads sector welcomes Grayling appointment20/07/2016 The appointment of Chris Grayling as the government’s new Transport Secretary has been welcomed by the highways sector. |
Report claims cuts to police enforcement are impacting on road safety22/06/2016 Declines in the level of police enforcement of traffic offences are contributing to Europe’s failure to cut the numbers dying in road collisions, according to two new reports on road safety. |
Pedestrians most at risk in November, analysis finds11/11/2015 Pedestrian casualties on Britain’s roads peak in November each year, according to new analysis from Direct Line Car Insurance and PACTS (Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety). |
RAC and PACTS report shows varied road casualty rates26/05/2015 Progress made in cutting death and injury on roads across the UK has varied dramatically over the past five years, according to a report carried out by the RAC Foundation and the Parliamentary Advisory Committee for Transport Safety (PACTS). |
UK pushed off top place in road casualty rankings26/06/2014 The UK no longer tops the international league table for road safety, according to government figures released today (26 June). |
PACTS calls for action over road safety24/03/2014 A third of a million people will be killed or seriously injured on the roads in Great Britain over the two decades ending 2030 unless the government acts, according to a report commissioned by the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS). |
Level crossing safety under the spotlight25/06/2013 An inquiry into the safety of the UK’s 8,000 level crossings is set to take place. |
Report finds safer roads are needed for all08/05/2013 Pedestrian safety measures should look for separate solutions for adults and children, according to a report carried out on behalf of the Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS). |
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