Highways England 'considering findings' of CCTV stopped vehicle trial19/01/2021 Highways England has met a pledge in its Delivery Plan to carry out a large-scale trial of a CCTV-based alternative to its existing stopped vehicle detection system. |
Smart motorways 'contributed to deaths'19/01/2021 A coroner has described all lane running smart motorway schemes as presenting ‘an ongoing risk of future deaths’ and called for a new review into their safety. |
TfL held to account over casualty rates14/01/2021 Transport for London has unveiled a new online tool that it said will enable organisations and the public to see the level of road casualties in the capital. |
RAC Foundation helps code for safer roads07/01/2021 The RAC Foundation has published a self-help training manual for the use of the statistical programming language R for road safety analysis. |
Highways England could face corporate manslaughter charge over smart motorway death05/01/2021 Highways England could face a corporate manslaughter charge over the death of passenger from a broken down vehicle on a smart motorway. |
Dashboard gives 'unique insight' into local road danger25/11/2020 The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has launched an online dashboard that provides information about crashes in each MP’s constituency. |
Highways England: Take extra care at roadworks to save lives18/11/2020 Highways England has revealed new research and video that it says show the dangers of drivers not paying attention through roadworks. |
Official figures confirm rise in Scottish road deaths28/10/2020 Final figures for Scotland's road safety record in 2019 have confirmed that the number of people killed in crashes increased from 161 in 2018 to 165, while a further 2,016 people were seriously injured. |
Thatcham and ABI give ALKS the red X23/10/2020 Researchers and insurers have urged ministers to rethink a plan to introduce self-driving technology onto UK roads early next year ‘because it will put lives at risk’. |
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Spy in the cab targets dangerous driving16/10/2020 Police in southern England detected 305 driving offences in a nine-day operation after officers acquired HGV licences so they could operate a lorry cab on the strategic road network. |
Police must adopt covert anti-speeding operations, report says15/10/2020 Police forces and safer road partnerships should launch programmes of 'covert or random enforcement' making use of mobile speed cameras, a new report argues. |
Bath widens 20mph limits to cut vehicle dominance15/10/2020 Bath and North East Somerset Council is set to extend 20mph limits to some of the main routes in and out of Bath for the first time. |
UK companies win €1.2m to use satellite tech in road studs13/10/2020 Valerann and Excelerate Technology have won €1.2m funding from the European Space Agency (ESA) to use satellite technologies for road safety, traffic management and autonomous cars. |
Inclusive roads: Making highways improve health and save lives08/10/2020 Speaking to ADEPT's annual traffic management conference, Kate Carpenter of Jacobs gave an important analysis of the role of modern road and vehicle design in public health. |
RoSPA warns of 'another lost decade' on road safety01/10/2020 New statistics have confirmed that the number of deaths on British roads continued to flatline at the end of the last decade, although the number of other casualties fell. |
UN backs worldwide 20mph limits24/09/2020 The United Nations has backed the use of 30km/h (approx 20mph) limits as part of a worldwide drive to cut road deaths and injuries by half. |
Call for £1.2bn safety boost as UK falls behind17/09/2020 A new report has called for an investment package of £1.2bn to improve the safety of more than 5,000km of roads and prevent more than 8,000 fatal and serious injuries over the next 20 years. |
Dangerous drivers could face life sentences14/09/2020 The Government has pledged to change the law next year to meet an earlier pledge to introduce tougher sentences for ‘killer drivers’. |
Latest figures reveal shocking levels of speed compliance10/09/2020 Latest Government statistics found half of cars and vans exceed the speed limit on motorways and more than one in 10 speed by more than 10mph. |
National Pothole Day survey finds network in decline
£300m North West highways framework shares work around
JCB's new PotholePro could 'double productivity'
