Rochdale to move to 20mph on residential streets
Rochdale Council is to make 20mph the ‘default’ speed limit on residential roads after councillors backed a call for safer streets at a full council meeting this week. Councillors ‘unanimously’ voted to adopt Resolution 11 of the UN’s Stockholm Declaration, which says a 20mph limit should be in place wherever ‘vulnerable road users and vehicles […]
The public wants 60mph speed limits, according to new survey
Lowering the motorway speed limit to 60mph is among the measures supported by the public in an effort to reduce carbon emissions, a new survey has found. According to the survey by conservation charity WWF and think-tank Demos, the move to reduce speeds could form part of a raft of measures to cut the UK’s […]
Kent County Council launches its vision for zero road deaths by 2050
A new strategy setting out how Kent County Council and its partners aim to eliminate deaths on Kent’s roads by 2050 has been revealed. KCC unveiled the map for safer roads at an event at Manston Airfield on Wednesday, September 15, attended by Prince Michael of Kent and KCC leader, Roger Gough. Also in attendance […]
Changes to Highway Code that will help make high-speed roads safer go live
New rules to make England’s motorways and high-speed roads even safer have come into effect today in a major update to The Highway Code. The update includes clearer advice on where to stop in an emergency, the importance of not driving in a lane closed by a Red X and how variable speed limits are […]
Greater Manchester launches ‘hard-hitting’ Safer Roads campaign
The real-life impact of traffic collisions is laid bare in a hard-hitting campaign featuring bereaved parents and emergency services staff. As part of the ‘It’s Time’ campaign, the Safer Roads Partnership is calling on motorists to think differently about how they drive and the journeys they are going to make, before getting behind the wheel. On average, 681 people have been killed or seriously injured on […]
Road Safety Partnership launches to create a safer Warwickshire
Partners in Warwickshire are showing their commitment to reducing the numbers of people killed or seriously injured on our roads by joining together to form a new Warwickshire Road Safety Partnership. Chaired by Warwickshire’s PCC Philip Seccombe, the partnership includes Warwickshire Police, Warwickshire County Council, Borough/ District and Parish Councils, Warwickshire, Fire and Rescue Service, […]
Study finds road safety campaigns do cut crash deaths
A team of Japanese researchers have analysed more than 70 years of road death numbers and found that road safety campaigns have had a significant effect in reducing the number of people killed on the roads. The researchers at the University of Tsukuba applied mathematical modelling to data spanning 1949 to 2019 to examine the […]
Transport Scotland to review “terrifying” junction
Transport Scotland is promising to review the layout of a junction on the A96 between Aberdeen and Inverness. The Press and Journal reports that MSP Alexander Burnett, who represents Aberdeenshire West, wrote to the government body earlier this month following a spate of crashes at the junction in Huntly that included a crash between a […]
Mercedes Benz and TfL join forces to develop digital tool that can identify high risk locations before an incident takes places
A division of Mercedes-Benz AG-Urban Mobility Solutions (UMS) has been working with Transport for London to develop a road safety ‘dashboard’-a digital tool that has the potential to identify higher risk locations prior to an incident taking place on the network. Currently, cities and authorities use information about historic collisions to understand road safety and […]
New research shows that almost half of drivers are in favour of 20 mph zones in towns
Almost half of British drivers are in favour of lowering all existing 30 mph speed limits to 20 mph, according to new research. The study by IAM Roadsmart of more than 1,000 motorists found 44%bof those quizzed think the UK roads that currently have 30 mph limits should see them reduced by 10 mph. The survey found 49% of those […]
