Wiltshire announces planning project to improve safety on the A361
Wiltshire Council is working on plans to improve road safety on the A361 at Caen Hill, Devizes. The work, which is being funded by the council’s additional £22m investment into the county’s highways, is currently in the advanced design stage, and will see a range of improvements that will improve safety for all road users. […]
Data Sustains Life: World-first data project to reduce road crash deaths
TRL is partnering with University Hospital Southampton to reduce road deaths by linking health records and road traffic collision data for the first time. The partners have been awarded £500,000 in funding by the Department for Transport and the Road Safety Trust to launch a world-first initiative: the Data Sustains Life project. Over the next […]
Safety boost for major Beds/Bucks A-road
A key route across Bedfordshire and Buckinghamshire is benefitting from a new scheme which will make the road safer for drivers and those living nearby. Work started today (Monday 27 January) on improvements to the A5 designed to cut road traffic collisions as National Highways works to reduce the number of people killed or seriously […]
Scotland announces national speed management review consultation
A series of in person engagement events has been announced as part of the consultation on proposed changes to speed limits in Scotland. The National Speed Management Review seeks to ensure speed limits in Scotland are appropriate and contribute to reducing injury and death on our roads. It invites feedback on proposals to lower the […]
£1.5 million safety scheme for busy A663 Broadway in Greater Manchester
Safety along a key route helping to link the M62 and M60 motorways in Greater Manchester is to be improved in a £1.5 million project starting in the new year. The A663 Broadway at Chadderton near Oldham is sharing in a £9 million investment in road safety projects across the North West. National Highways is […]
National Highways improving A38 safety with drainage scheme in Cornwall
National Highways is progressing with a scheme which will improve safety for motorists on the A38 in Cornwall. In recent years, the A38 at Notter Bridge has been identified as a designated flooding hot spot, creating a significant hazard for road users. Following safety studies, a £1.3 million drainage improvement scheme is being carried out […]
More data and investigations needed so UK can learn better from road traffic fatalities, says new PACTS report
PACTS has published a new report which highlights significant gaps in how the UK handles learning from road traffic fatalities and calls for systemic changes to address these issues. Unlike other transport sectors, road deaths in the UK lack a central investigation body dedicated to learning from each fatal incident, limiting the ability to prevent […]
Road worker dies after multi-vehicle crash on A30
A road maintenance worker has died after a multi-vehicle crash on the A30 in Cornwall. Police said the man in his 50s was from one of two highways maintenance vehicles involved in a crash with a heavy goods vehicle on the west-bound carriageway near Launceston at about 07:30 GMT on Sunday. The HGV driver, a 51-year-old man, […]
Lord Mayor unveils new plaque to remember road crash victims in Leeds
Last Friday the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Abigail Marshall Katung, led a ceremony in Park Square to unveil a new plaque commemorating 25 years of the city’s memorial tree, dedicated to honouring those who have lost their lives in road collisions. The event took place during Road Safety Week, which runs from 17 to […]
Authorities urged to embrace pioneering predictive technology to achieve Vision Zero
Road safety experts and bereaved families are uniting to urge local authorities, safer roads partnerships and police forces to adopt a new Vision Zero tool designed to identify and address high-risk locations before crashes occur. They warn that if the UK is to achieve Vision Zero – the goal of eliminating road deaths and serious […]