TfL commits to tougher measures to eliminate death and serious injury from London’s roads by 2041
Transport for London (TfL) is set to commit to new tougher measures to eliminate death and serious injury from its road network by 2041. TfL in partnership with London Councils and the Metropolitan Police Service (MPS), has published a progress report that highlights the scale of the Vision Zero challenge in London. As lowering speeds remains one […]
New evidence suggests zebras on UK side roads are “the way forward”
An independent report, commissioned by Greater Manchester is suggesting that drivers give way to people on foot 65% more often at side roads at zebra crossings than with no markings. It says latest data shows that 55 people in Greater Manchester alone have been killed at side road junctions on minor roads over a three-year […]
New technologies for assessing elderly drivers’ road safety wins funding
The Floow, a world leader in vehicle telemetry data capture and processing, has received £190k funding from The Road Safety Trust to advance approaches for assessing elderly drivers’ fitness to drive. As the driving population aged over 60 continues to grow, existing testing capabilities face challenges requiring some drivers to be approved or disqualified without […]
Acklea and Moshon Data team up to improve highway safety with RadViz radar reflector
Traffic management vehicle specialist Acklea has partnered with automatic emergency braking experts Moshon Data to become the sole distributor of the Moshon RadViz in the UK. Crash prevention device RadViz is a radar reflector that helps to make non-standard vehicles, such as traffic management units, more visible to Automatic Emergency Braking Systems (AEBS). These systems […]
Liverpool launches ‘nudge behavior’ road safety trial
The UK’s first nudge-behaviour trial for a new style of potentially life-saving pedestrian crossings, has been launched in Liverpool this week. The eye-catching designs have been installed at two collision hot-spots – Hanover Street/ Bold Street in the city centre and one at East Prescot Road in the Old Swan area of the city. The […]
Technology driving cycle safety improvements at a busy junction in West Sussex
The latest technology is being used at a busy crossroads in Felpham, West Sussex to improve safety for cyclists. The Felpham Road, Felpham Way and Downview Road junction is the first in the UK to use new software, provided by provided by the County Council’s traffic signals contractor, Telent, which allows bespoke traffic monitoring from […]
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 […]