New Holcim highways campaign encourages shift from quick fixes to future-ready roads

With the UK’s roads under growing pressure from shrinking budgets, climate change and rising user expectations, Holcim UK is calling time on short-term fixes with the launch of its new Roads You Can Rely On campaign. Led by the business’ asphalt and contracting division, the initiative calls for a shift from patching potholes to building longer-lasting, lower-carbon roads […]

Road safety campaigner killed on road he campaigned to make safer

An 81 year old North Yorkshire man has been killed on a road he had campaigned to make safer. John Duggan, a former local councillor from Riccall, died in hospital after a collision between his car and a skip lorry on a section of the A19 he had previously highlighted as being dangerous. Councillor Stephanie […]

Campaigners demand action as mobility scooter casualty hotspots identified

Campaigners are calling for urgent updates to the Highway Code after new data has revealed Britain’s mobility scooter collision hotspots, highlighting the most dangerous areas for users. Department for Transport (DfT) road casualty data revealed that the number of mobility scooter users killed in collisions on the British roads almost doubled in 2023 – with […]

Young people urged to wear seat belts in new life-saving campaign

A new Government campaign to remind young men to CLICK their seat belt in a bid to shift attitudes and save lives on roads across England and Wales has been launched. Every week, four young people aged 17 to 29-years-old are either killed or seriously injured on our roads when not wearing a seat belt, […]