Road casualties

Road Safety

The positives and negatives of e-scooters

The DfT’s has published its long-awaited evaluation of the e-scooters trials. Their conclusion, that e-scooters could provide a real alternative…

Road Safety

Assessing the real cost of e-scooters

New funding to look at e-scooter safety and casualties. The Road Safety Trust has provided funding to The Parliamentary Advisory Council for…

Road Safety

Crosstown traffic

Motorists who listen to music while driving could be disrupting the harmony on Britain’s roads, according to latest research. A…

Road Safety

Slow down, save lives

Spain’s Minister has announced a 20% cut in urban road casualties in just one year. In 2021, 417 people died…

Road Safety

Road casualties rising

Road casualty figures have returned to pre-pandemic levels. The Department for Transport has acknowledged that the pandemic lockdowns skewed the…

Road Safety

Road safety runs flat

The Government is being urged to do much more to drive down the number of death and injuries on Britain’s…

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20 mph zone work

An academic survey backs calls for law enforcement of 20 mph zones. Researchers at  Queen’s University Belfast (QUB) found that…

Road Safety

US death toll signs increase road deaths

Electronic highway message boards in the US, which display traffic fatality numbers in a bid to reduce crashes, could be…

Road Safety

Latest road casualty figures “disappointing”

Following the release of the latest official estimated road casualty figures, the RAC is urging the Government to consider re-introducing…

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