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Shadow minister highlighting roadworker safety 21/02/2017 Stemming the tide of violence and abuse aimed at workers maintaining Britain’s roads and the innovations being introduced to speed up road repairs across the country is the focus of a visit by Shadow Road Minister Daniel Zeichner to contractors in Cambridgeshire.
Colas trials groundbreaking autonomous protection vehicle 18/08/2017 A partnership between Colas and two US companies is seeking to save roadworker lives with what is thought to be the world’s first Autonomous Impact Protection Vehicle (AIPV).
Report highlights safety risks of 'barbaric' slavery practices 14/05/2018 Workers in the construction industry are vulnerable to exploitation and slavery, including the cover-up of serious accidents, according to two new reports.
Roadworker dies on Surrey roundabout scheme 04/06/2018 A worker has died on site at a road improvement scheme in Surrey, after apparently being hit by plant machinery.
Scotland contractors call for end to roadworker abuse 07/06/2018 Transport Scotland and the companies that operate its trunk road network have launched a roadworker safety campaign, asking drivers to help stamp out the ‘shocking’ levels of abuse suffered by their workers.

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