Staffordshire: Drivers demand action over A500 blackspot
Safety measures are set to be rolled out at a North Staffordshire accident blackspot as highways officials investigate an ‘unexpected’ increase in collisions. The junction between the A500 and Alsager Road, near Audley, has seen a spate of accidents in the last few weeks, most recently on 8 October when a car and a van […]
Latest provisional data shows road fatalities rose in 2024
In the last decade road fatality trends have been generally stable (excluding the period impacted by COVID-19), with a steady decline in overall casualties. In reported road collisions in Great Britain in 2024 there were an estimated: Of the road user groups with the most casualties the statistics show that in Great Britain the year […]
TfL invites bidders to provide a long-term support service for those affected by road traffic collisions
TfL is seeking a supplier to provide a long-term support service for victims of road traffic collisions in London once the pilot scheme service ends on 31 October 2025. TfL launched the pilot project in 2023, in partnership with the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), the Metropolitan Police (Met) and the City of […]
Safest summer on Welsh roads, new statistics show
The latest police recorded collision stats, covering July to September 2024, show collisions on Welsh roads at their lowest level for that quarter since records began, including during the pandemic. The figures published today also provide the first year of statistics since the default 20mph speed limit was introduced. They show there were around 100 […]
Welsh Transport Secretary: Latest road collision data shows things are moving in the right direction
New road collision data published today shows that casualties have reduced on roads since the introduction of the new 20mph speed limits in September last year. The data, which provides the total number of casualties in police recorded collisions, shows that in the last quarter of 2023 (October – December) road casualties on 20mph and […]
Number killed on London’s roads in 2021 lowest on record, but collisions increased after lockdowns
Transport for London has published casualty statistics that show the number of people killed on London’s roads in 2021 fell by 22% to the lowest level on record, compared to a seven per cent increase nationally. Despite this decrease, overall casualties have increased since the coronavirus lockdowns ended and traffic has returned, and continued action […]