This paper assesses the past and current safety of England’s motorways. Central to this assessment is the Foundation’s own unique data sets. The Road Safety Foundation has tracked the rate of death and serious injury, section by section, on British motorways for the last decade. It has also physically inspected the entire English motorway system recording key safety engineering features, such as crash protection, at 100 metre intervals.
This paper also examines what speeds we drive at on English motorways and the crash protection standards of both roads and vehicles on motorways today. It looks at our attitudes to the speed limit and assesses the risks and rewards from raising the limit to 80 mph.
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