Shapps won't budge on limits despite rise in 'extreme speeding'14/05/2020 Transport secretary Grant Shapps has refused to limit speeds across England despite the lockdown's quiet roads prompting an increase in extreme speeding. |
Funding for toolkit to protect vulnerable road users07/05/2020 The Road Safety Foundation has been awarded nearly £200,000 to develop a specialist resource to help local authorities analyse risks to vulnerable road users in towns and cities. |
Smart motorways: Before and after09/04/2020 The Department for Transport’s ‘stocktake’ of smart motorways was launched last October and originally due to take weeks. It was published in March this year and argued that smart motorways were a safety improvement – but a qualified one. An action plan has been launched to address concerns. However, Dominic Browne argues that questions remain. |
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Little progress on SRN casualty target, new data shows17/03/2020 Highways England is significantly off track against its key 2015-2020 road safety target, according to data obtained by Highways. |
RIS 2 drops focus on roads with low safety rating13/03/2020 The new Road Investment Strategy (RIS) does not include a target to improve roads with a low safety rating, after Highways England admitted that it is likely to miss the target in the current RIS. |
Roadside clouds: A sunny forecast for highway safety05/03/2020 Matthias Jablonowski, global practice lead for roads at Nokia, discusses how intelligent roads can make the world a safer place. |
Khan hails 20mph limits as vital step towards zero deaths02/03/2020 Speed limits of 20mph are now in force across 8.9km of roads within London’s Congestion Charging Zone. |
Sort my sign, watchdog tells Highways England24/02/2020 A new nationwide campaign aims to put pressure on Highways England to improve the quality of its signage and road safety. |
County council reconsiders ‘blanket’ 20mph limit20/02/2020 A task group has concluded that North Yorkshire County Council’s proposal to impose a blanket 20mph limit across the county was ‘unrealistic’ both in terms of cost and enforcement. |
Highways England facing bill of millions for smart motorway retrofit03/02/2020 With the publication of a review of smart motorway all lane running (ALR) schemes ‘imminent’, Highways England is facing costs running into millions of pounds to retrofit new safety measures to schemes that remain in construction. |
Claims and counterclaims on Stopped Vehicle Detection29/01/2020 Highways England has re-opened the debate over the effectiveness of its current stopped vehicle detection technology, claiming that it is ‘effective in all levels of traffic’. |
Older drivers 'should be helped, not tested'27/01/2020 The RAC Foundation has called for older drivers to be offered higher levels of in-car technology rather any system of mass retesting. |
The sense of a road ending27/01/2020 Former director at the Department for Transport and current RAC Foundation director Steve Gooding discusses when and how we should hang up the keys. |
Widow to launch legal challenge over all lane running22/01/2020 The widow of a driver killed on a Smart Motorway has instructed lawyers to begin work on a legal challenge calling for them to be scrapped. |
Scotland prepares new road safety framework05/12/2019 Transport Scotland is gearing up to produce a new Road Safety Framework, with a consultation on the new document expected early next year. |
Council fined over £1m after child suffers ‘life-changing head injury'05/12/2019 Hampshire County Council has been fined £1.4m after a child suffered a head injury caused by an unsecured street bollard. |
TRL looks 50:50 after latest brine trials03/12/2019 The latest findings from the 2018/2019 Transport Scotland live brine trials have been released and after three winter seasons of research, the recommendations have become clearer and the areas of further research more specific. Dominic Browne reports |
ROSPA warns of acute safety issue over older drivers29/11/2019 Safety issues around older drivers have become increasingly critical, the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (ROSPA) has warned. |
FM Conway and Brake team up for Road Safety Week22/11/2019 FM Conway has entered into a new partnership with the road safety charity, Brake, that will see the two organisations fundraising and raising road safety awareness together as they both aim for vision zero. |
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