GOVERNMENT TO FUND UPGRADING OF ENGLAND’S 50 MOST RISKY ROADS

GOVERNMENT TO FUND UPGRADING OF ENGLAND’S 50 MOST RISKY ROADS

The government is to invest £175m in England’s 50 most risky ‘A’ roads that were identified by the Road Safety Foundation in its latest report Making Road Travel as Safe as Rail and Air. The new Department for Transport funding package follows the...
MAKING ROAD TRAVEL AS SAFE AS RAIL AND AIR

MAKING ROAD TRAVEL AS SAFE AS RAIL AND AIR

MAKING ROAD TRAVEL AS SAFE AS RAIL AND AIR We no longer need accept road deaths. The annual death toll can be driven towards zero. Travel on our road system can be made as safe as on rail and air within a generation. Sudden road trauma destroys families but in the...
MAKING OLDER DRIVERS SAFER FOR LONGER

MAKING OLDER DRIVERS SAFER FOR LONGER

MAKING OLDER DRIVERS SAFER FOR LONGER Leading road safety experts have recommended raising the mandatory fitness to drive self-declaration for licence renewal from 70 to 75 years old – if proof of an eye sight test is made compulsory. The recommendations are...
HOW MUCH DO ROAD CRASHES COST WHERE YOU LIVE?

HOW MUCH DO ROAD CRASHES COST WHERE YOU LIVE?

HOW MUCH DO ROAD CRASHES COST WHERE YOU LIVE? Britain loses 2% of GDP in road crashes.  Half of all Britain’s road deaths are concentrated on just 10% of roads – the motorways and ‘A’ roads outside urban cores. This annual report maps the risks...
RESEARCH CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

RESEARCH CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR

RESEARCH CAMPAIGN OF THE YEAR Since 2012, Ageas have sponsored the annual Risk Mapping and Performance Tracking results. Last year, an additional report was published, Making Road Safety Pay which made a series of recommendations including “Minimum inbuilt...