road safety

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart is launching a campaign in alliance with organisations across the industry to make the roads safer for motorcyclists and ensure they are consistently recognised as […]

Over a third of UK drivers (40%) cannot confidently carry out a tyre tread check according to new research by automotive marketplace eBay. More than half (53%) of 18-34-year-olds don’t […]

Provisional government figures show there were 1,695 road deaths in Great Britain during 2022, a year-on-year rise of nine per cent. GEM Motoring Assist chief executive Neil Worth said: “These […]

New research has found that 20mph limits backed by physical measures have substantially greater speed and casualty reduction benefits than those without. The research project was carried out by the […]

One-in-10 cars that passed their MOT last year should have failed, according to an investigation by What Car?. This equates to nearly 1.3 million cars on the road now with […]

The Department of Transport (DfT) consultation on its proposal for new vehicles to require an MOT test after four years rather than three concluded in late March. This is the […]

A hidden epidemic of drug-driving is at large in Britain, with almost a third of motorists unwittingly driving with dangerous amounts of drugs in their system, according to the UK’s […]

New research from Autoglass has found that 44% of drivers in the UK who have found a chip or a crack in their windscreen in the past 12 months believe […]

New research by the University of Warwick has identified characteristics of aggressive driving. In the first study to systematically identify aggressive driving behaviours, scientists measured the changes in driving that […]

New data has revealed a 260% rise in drug-related driving casualties between 2012 and 2021. According to the Department for Transport (DfT), there were almost 2,500 casualties in relation to […]

UK motorists strongly support keeping the first MOT at three years, according to new research published by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). In a Savanta poll of […]

As part of its response to the Department for Transport’s MOT Consultation, The Institute of the Motor Industry (IMI) has revealed that nearly nine in 10 members believe extending the […]