Road Safety

Speeding at night

Is it time for hidden static speed cameras ...

Oct 02, 2024Comments off

Speeding remains one of the major factors contributing to road traffic accidents across the UK, raising an important question: should hidden static speed cameras be

Bright Headlights

The rise of headlamp dazzle

Oct 01, 2024Comments off

Specialist motor insurance loss adjuster Claims Management & Adjusting (CMA), part of the QuestGates Group, has highlighted a worrying rise in headlight-related cases, including dazzling

Traffic monitoring

Disruptive tech to transform road and traff...

Sep 30, 2024Comments off

Aston University researchers have teamed up with a specialist transport planning, traffic engineering and parking consultancy to develop technology to improve UK roads, resulting in

Fraikin investment in DVS compliant vans

Fraikin announces multi-million pound renta...

Sep 27, 2024Comments off

Commercial fleet and mobility services provider, Fraikin, is investing £35 million in 400 new vehicles to support its national short-term rental fleet, expanding and modernising

Truck passing a cyclist on a London road

Testing confirms Durite PSS meets the TfL s...

Sep 11, 2024Comments off

Loughborough University has successfully concluded a series of tests on a new HGV safety system that will soon be required in London. They have carried

Data from eCall buttons will be used in one of the trials

National Highways trial six innovations to ...

Aug 29, 2024Comments off

Near-misses, collisions, unsafe driving and roadworks – just some of the hazards that National Highways has to manage on motorways and major A roads across

Traffic Jam in Gateshead

Traffic jams are van drivers’ worst probl...

Aug 14, 2024Comments off

In a new Webfleet survey, UK van drivers said that spending less time in traffic would be the number one thing to improve their working

Hands-Free mobile phone while driving, Emergency Alert Test

Video highlights dangers of hands-free mobi...

Aug 12, 2024Comments off

A video resource, grounded in behavioural change theory, has been developed to help reduce the use of hands-free phones by professional drivers, by debunking the

Number of reported potholes in England incr...

Aug 05, 2024Comments off

A new study on the state of potholes across England has looked at the individual county council statistics on potholes year on year and conducted

Sharp increase in drink drive deaths.

Drink drive deaths highest since 2009

Jul 26, 2024Comments off

There’s been a sharp increase in the number of deaths on Britain’s roads caused by drunk drivers. Final figures for 2022 released by the Department