12% drivers admit ‘micro sleeping’ at the wheel
A survey of 1,000 drivers reveals that one in eight fall asleep at the wheel (more…)
Strategic framework for road safety reactions and criticisms
The Government today published their proposals for the future of road safety, here are some of the reactions and criticisms to the framework (more…)
Bikers targeted in road safety campaign
Derbyshire Road Safety Partnership has launched ‘Operation Focus’ designed to prevent accidents involving motorcyclists (more…)
Speed cameras switched off in Bristol
Bristol is to switch off speed and red light cameras (more…)
Half of fixed speed cameras not working
A Freedom of Information request made by consumer magazine Which? has revealed that over half of all speed cameras aren’t functional (more…)
Speed camera data to be made public
Under new proposals by Mike Penning, the Road Safety minister, local authorities will have to publish data about their speed cameras (more…)
Police stations to get drugalysers
Mike Penning, road safety minister, has announced that by 2012 all police stations could have drugalysers (more…)
Online library of road safety resources
Brake, the road safety charity, has released a free to use website for information on road safety (more…)
Government funding cuts hit road safety
The road safety grant, a centrally funded scheme by the Government has been cut by 40% (more…)
EU Road injuries target for the next decade
The European Commission has release details of its new 2011 – 2020 road safety programme to reduce road deaths by half (more…)