road safety

10,000 fines issued in months for M6 roadworks speeding

09/09/2025

Thousands of drivers have been caught speeding in just the last four months through a set of roadworks on the M6, prompting National Highways to issue warnings to protect workers.

AI cameras 'drive better behaviour', new data suggests

03/09/2025

Recent figures from Devon and Cornwall show a decrease in seatbelt and mobile phone offences following a detection campaign using AI-powered cameras.

'World's first' passively safe electrical cabinet launched

29/08/2025

Electrical enclosure specialists Ritherdon have launched the first-ever passively safe roadside cabinet that employs ‘special bolts’ to improve safety for drivers during collisions.

Scotland falls behind on road safety targets

28/08/2025

Transport Scotland has fallen behind on key national road safety targets due for delivery in 2030.

Road safety overhaul in the works

11/08/2025

Ministers are drafting new road safety legislation that is expected to be the largest reform to road safety laws since the Road Safety Act was introduced in 2006, according to The Times.

Wales trials groundbreaking motorcycle safety solution

11/08/2025

A Highways Award winning road safety initiative designed to make motorcycling safer has been introduced in North and Mid Wales, following successful application in Scotland.

Catford roads face 10 bus crashes in eight months

06/08/2025

Residents of Sandhurst Road and nearby Sangley Road in Catford have raised concerns after witnessing 10 bus collisions this year alone, the BBC reports.

Scottish transport secretary calls for continued collaboration amid 2024 road casualty stats

05/06/2025

New data from Transport Scotland has shown there was an increase in fatalities in 2024, despite an overall decrease in casualties from previous years.

RSTA and TyreSafe partner to promote Safe System approach

14/05/2025

The Road Surface Treatment Association (RSTA) and TyreSafe have partnered this month to help promote and embed the Safe System approach into road safety thinking.

TfL announces £87m tranche of ‘safer, healthier and greener’ borough funding

25/04/2025

Transport for London (TfL) has announced today that it is investing more than £87m across London boroughs and the City of London over the next year to make the streets ‘safer, healthier and greener’.

The Road Safety Trust funds six new projects with £1.1 million

24/04/2025

The Road Safety Trust has announced the award of over £1.1 million in grant funding for six new projects which aim to address inequalities in road safety for different communities and individuals.

West Yorkshire paves the way for a safer future

10/04/2025

Plans for a major investment into West Yorkshire’s roads have been approved, with work taking place over the next two years.

National Highways celebrates 10 years of Operation Tramline

08/04/2025

National Highways has marked the 10th anniversary since its first unmarked HGV cab went out on patrol with the police to trial new ways to deter unsafe driving, and Operation Tramline was born.

Comment: A Ranty Highwaysman at large

28/03/2025

This guest article from a deputy editor trying to make sense of highways and transport in the UK is about crossing the road.

TfL adds more green by default pedestrian crossings

19/03/2025

Transport for London (TfL) is continuing to roll out Green Person Authority signals at pedestrian crossings in the capital following a successful trial.

ORR glosses over lack of progress on SRN safety

14/03/2025

National Highways has so far only implemented half of the actions it promised last March to cut casualties on its network and remains likely to miss its safety target for the current roads period.

Rutland takes proactive approach to speed

11/03/2025

The UK and Ireland arm of SWARCO has started on a £390,281 three-year contract to supply and install vehicle activated signs across Rutland for the county council.

Crash death smart motorway not due for refuge retrofit

11/03/2025

A section of smart motorway where the driver of a stationary vehicle was killed, causing a coroner to raise concerns over the distance between safe places to stop, is not due to have extra emergency refuges retrofitted.

Slow progress on emergency SRN safety plan

11/03/2025

Some of the measures in a year-old plan that National Highways was required to draw up to address its failing safety record are ‘still going through consultation and governance’.

Drivers losing confidence in smart motorways, AA says

07/03/2025

The AA has repeated its call for the return of the hard shoulder across the English motorway network after a new survey suggested that anxiety over smart motorways is increasing.

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