WDM webinar to showcase data-led skid resistance strategies for safer roads
W.D.M. Limited (WDM), together with Dr. Helen Viner, is hosting an expert-led seminar focused on advancing skid resistance strategy to improve road safety outcomes. The webinar will take place on Tuesday 21st April, 14:30–15:30 (UK) / 09:30–10:30 (EST), bringing together leading industry specialists to explore how skid resistance can move beyond compliance-led approaches and become […]
Revised guidelines help local authorities with walked routes to school assessments
Road Safety GB has partnered with TMS Consultancy to enhance efforts to support local authorities to evaluate the availability of a child’s journey to school. In November 2025, Road Safety GB published an updated version of the Assessment of Walked Routes to School guidelines. The guidelines exist to help officers carry out assessments on walked routes […]
Re-flow talks safer, more productive roadworks with dedicated line-marking, surfacing, and traffic management software
Because the different disciplines within highways all have different needs and requirements, very few pieces of software truly meet the ‘nuances’ of how works are delivered across the sector. That’s as true for ‘field service’ software as it is for ERPs. These options have their uses when used for what they were designed for, but […]
Coventry sets out over £20m investment for greener and more accessible travel across the city
Coventry City Council has announced plans for a major investment of £21 million in the city’s transport network over the next two years. The programme aims to create safer roads, better walking and cycling routes, improved public transport, and the continued provision a range of travel options including increasing electric vehicle (EV) charging facilities. The […]
Costain working with National Highways and police to improve road safety
Costain is collaborating with the Police Federation of England & Wales (PFEW), the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) and National Highways, to raise awareness of the dangers of ‘blue light incursions’ for road workers and the emergency services on motorways and major A roads. Blue light incursions occur when emergency vehicles enter restricted roadworks areas […]
Vision Zero South West: Data shows dramatic decrease in collisions at speed camera site
Speed cameras have been credited with a “dramatic and sustained” decrease in fatal and serious crashes on one of Devon & Cornwall’s most notorious roads. The A38 between Dobwalls and Bodmin in Cornwall has seen a 45% reduction in serious collisions according to long-term data collected five years before and after the installation of an […]
Government launches new Road Safety Strategy with emphasis on safe infrastructure and preventing accidents
Ensuring road infrastructure is safe is one of the key themes to come from the Government’s new Road Safety Strategy launched today. The Department for Transport has said it will publish a new edition of the best practice guidance ‘for local authorities Setting Local Speed Limits’ and also update separate guidance on the use of […]
Mobile phone distraction “normalised” – PACTS publishes Hidden Risks on UK Roads report
The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has published a major new report examining how the UK monitors and enforces two persistent high-risk behaviours: not wearing a seat belt and using a mobile phone while driving. Supported by Acusensus and informed by evidence from police forces, researchers, technology providers, and legal experts, the report highlights that both behaviours remain […]
Calls for tighter seatbelt enforcement made in BBC feature
A report on BBC breakfast has highlighted the issue of people driving without wearing seatbelts, after Acusensus technology helped a police force identify 6,000 offences in just one year. The feature shows how Devon and Cornwall Police is using the AI cameras to help catch driving offences, and how the force says it’s part of […]
Coventry University study into how pedestrians react to automated vehicles could help make future roads safer
As self-driving cars edge closer to becoming a reality on UK roads, researchers at Coventry University say understanding how pedestrians interact with automated vehicles (AVs) is critical to preventing accidents and saving lives. With the UK government projecting that AVs could be on the roads as early as 2026 and up to 40% of new […]