Road Safety Week: 'Put the Brakes on speed'24/11/2023 Deaths and serious injuries caused by driver speed rose significantly last year, according to analysis of government road casualty data to mark Road Safety Week 2023. |
PRIME of place: Road Expo hosts mutiple award winning safety scheme21/11/2023 Scotland's multi-award-winning PRIME road markings trial has one of the top billings at this year's Road Expo, with safety expert Professor Alex Stedmon discussing the concept. |
Self-driving car legislation to create regulatory framework14/11/2023 Ministers have published an Automated Vehicles (AV) Bill which they said would deliver one of the most comprehensive legal frameworks in the world for self-driving vehicles, ‘with safety at its core’. |
Competition seeks to manage hazards better09/11/2023 National Highways has launched a new innovation competition offering businesses with new ideas on how to manage hazards across its network up to £90,000 to develop their concepts. |
National Highways in discussions with DfT over key safety target23/10/2023 A top National Highways official has said there are ongoing discussions with the Government over how National Highways can achieve zero harm on its network by 2040. |
Council caves in as drivers ignore traffic ban11/10/2023 A Norfolk County Council cabinet member has unilaterally decided to scrap a ban on cars using a street in the centre of Norwich, largely on the grounds that large numbers of drivers were ignoring the restriction. |
Charity calls for pavement parking crackdown26/09/2023 A charity for visually impaired people has urged the Government to do more to crack down on pavement parking. |
London to expand 20mph limits across 65km of new roads11/09/2023 Transport for London has announced 65km of new 20mph speed limits to be introduced across eight London boroughs by the end of the year. |
Half of drivers breach urban speed limits25/08/2023 Motoring groups have expressed concern over new data showing that half of car drivers exceed the speed limit on 30mph roads. |
Research tackles 'serious issue' of sleepy driving24/08/2023 A new research project is aiming to reduce road crashes caused by sleepiness through monitoring shift workers who drive, either as part of their jobs or to and from work. |
Major connected vehicles study reveals worst areas for speeding10/08/2023 A new study using connected vehicles data suggests more than one in 10 journeys break the speed limit across vast swathes of the network, including in high-traffic areas such as London and Merseyside. |
'Outrage' leads to Birmingham safety crackdown03/08/2023 Authorities in Birmingham have announced an extensive road safety campaign after a number of recent deaths caused by ‘unacceptable acts of road violence’. |
Drink-drive deaths at highest level since 200927/07/2023 An estimated 260 people were killed in drink-drive road collisions in 2021, the worst casualty rate since 2009. |
Govt urged to set date for e-scooter legislation25/07/2023 More than 50 organisations, including six local authorities, have signed a letter calling on the Government to legalise e-scooters. |
National Highways acts on A46 safety complaints18/07/2023 Campaigners have praised National Highways for reducing the speed limit on a section of the A46 in Worcestershire in response to concerns raised by the local community. |
Nudge theory markings trial delivers 'outstanding' safety results03/07/2023 New road markings trialled in Scotland have had significant road safety benefits for motorcyclists taking left-hand bends, resulting in speed reductions, better braking and improved road position. |
ITS UK tackles Home Office Type Approval challenge30/06/2023 A key industry body has launched a campaign urging the Home Office to review the process by which it approves enforcement technology for use on the road network. |
M1 smart motorway to get another 12 emergency areas31/05/2023 National Highways will begin work in June to add 12 emergency areas on an all lane running smart motorway stretch of the M1 in South Yorkshire. |
National Highways tackles 'Cornwall’s worst accident hot-spot'31/05/2023 National Highways has stressed the safety benefits of a £330m upgrade to the A30 as it prepares to erase a roundabout it describes as ‘Cornwall’s worst accident hot-spot'. |
Research identifies side road designs to support new Highway Code31/05/2023 New research from the University of the West of England has identified side road designs that encourage drivers to give way to pedestrians and cyclists waiting to cross – as required by recent changes to the Highway Code. |
Government axes Brum's £2.7bn PFI deal in shock 'betrayal'
Scotland gears up to enforce pavement parking ban
National Highways to spend £75m on 'transformation and change'
