Safety

Recovery workers offered smart motorway training

Smart move: the Highways England Smart Motorway Awareness For The Roadside Rescue & Recovery Industry is the first of its kind.

Car insurance company tells drivers to slow down

A car insurance company has contacted 80,000 customers to tell them to slow down. It claims to have prevented around 700 accidents over three years

Research reveals where drivers are using their phone at the wheel

Where exactly in the UK is the worst, and indeed the best, for drivers mixing phone use with car use? New figures reveal all

Motorists urged to ‘check it before towing it’

Highways England is urging motorists to 'check it before towing it' following an incident in which a runaway trailer caused five miles on queues on the M25.

‘Supercabs’ help to cut motorway collisions by a third

A trio of HGV supercabs were used during the M1 safety week in May, during which time the number of collisions went down by almost a third.

Kia launches ‘Try Before You Buy’ car rental scheme in Oxford

Dealership, Brayleys Oxford, is the latest Kia dealer to offer a new car rental service, which includes an innovative 'Try Before You Buy' scheme.

Drivers face hands-free mobile phones ban

MPs have called on the government to consider extending the ban on drivers using hand-held mobile devices to hands-free phones.

Mobile phone legislation is ‘putting lives at risk’

A road safety and breakdown organisation is calling on the government to update existing mobile phone legislation, arguing that it's not fit for purpose.

Why are so many drivers crashing into stationary vehicles?

New figures suggest that 24 stationary vehicles are struck by a car EVERY WEEK on the country's major roads and motorways.

Road safety charity welcomes tougher seatbelt laws

The UK's largest independent road safety charity has welcomed the planned tougher seatbelt laws, calling the plans a 'quick win'.