Doncaster supports safe speeds campaign
City of Doncaster Councill is backing a national campaign to promote everyone’s right to safe and healthy journeys. Road Safety Week, organised by the charity Brake, aims to reduce the number of people killed or injured as the result of a collision. The theme for 2023 is speed and members of the South Yorkshire Safer […]
TRL asks safe speeds – what is safe enough?
As part of Road Safety Week, TRL’s Nancy Abira, Angela Fuller-Dapaah, Linda Masibo and John Fletcher have written a blog focusing on ‘Safe speeds- what is safe enough’. They write how the balance between arriving in good time and arriving safely is one that can be difficult to achieve, and research shows that for many commuters, the […]
Final places available for TRL’s road safety webinar on speed
Extra places have been made available to cope with demand to attend a TRL webinar tomorrow (Thursday) on managing speeding on roads. Speed is a critical factor in preventing life-changing injuries during a crash and the webinar will look at why aren’t we doing more to manage speeds on our roads. A webinar featuring a […]
£90K grants available to boost road safety
National Highways has opened applications for a new Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator, with winning bidders receiving up to £90,000 to “push the boundaries of your technology”. The National Highways Hazard Protection on Roads Accelerator is a programme delivered by Connected Places Catapult that aims to stimulate innovation around the challenge of further helping to […]
£7 million safety upgrade for M53 in Cheshire
A £7 million programme of safety improvements along a section of the M53 between Ellesmere Port and Stoak in Cheshire will start this week. National Highways is replacing large sections of ageing steel safety barriers in both the northbound and southbound verges and central reservation between junction 9 and junction 11 of the motorway. A major […]
West Midlands road users to benefit from early completion of M40/M42 safety upgrade
Safety enhancements at the M40/M42 interchange in the West Midlands are due to be complete before Christmas, several months earlier than planned. The National Highways scheme, which has seen around five-and-a-half miles of steel central reservation barrier replaced with concrete, new drainage installed and lighting replaced, was originally due to be complete in spring 2024. […]
Register for the TRL Road Safety webinar in association with Highways News
Speed is a critical factor in preventing life-changing injuries during a crash. So why aren’t we doing more to manage speeds on our roads? Join TRL for a webinar featuring a panel of leading experts who will share their experiences on speed and consider if we need to change our attitudes towards the speeds of […]
World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims 2023:Honouring Lives Lost and Supporting the Bereaved
Communities across the UK will come together on Sunday, November 19th, 2023, to observe the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims – a day dedicated to commemorating the millions of lives lost and families destroyed by road collisions worldwide. The annual event, held on the third Sunday of November, sheds light on the […]
National Highways sponsors Purple Tuesday
National Highways has sponsored Purple Tuesday this week to help, together with its suppliers, to improve access and inclusion on its network. Purple Tuesday is a global social movement working to improve customer experience for disabled people and their families. The initiative helps organisations improve their relationship with disabled people, raising awareness of accessible issues and […]
Search is on for new ways to tackle hazards on National Highways’ roads
Enterprising businesses and innovators with new ideas on how to manage hazards across National Highways’ roads network could receive up to £90,000 to develop their concepts. National Highways has today (8 November) launched a new innovation competition which will help to protect road users by better managing hazards on the country’s motorways and major A […]