New courts for traffic offences
The Government is to setup fast track courts for minor road traffic offences (more…)
Definition of serious injury
The EU strategy on reducing serious road traffic injuries sets out a definition of “serious injury” (more…)
Global road traffic injury statistics
The World Health Organisation (WHO) has released statistics for the Global status report on road safety 2013 (more…)
Quicker processing of road traffic offences
The Minister of State for policing and criminal justice, Nick Herbert, has released plans for reforming the Criminal Justice System (more…)
Fixed Penalty Notice statistics
1.8 million fixed penalty notices for road traffic offences were issued in 2010, according to Government figures (more…)
Satnav woes
The Government, satnav manufacturers and local transport planners discuss out-of-date directions (more…)
Traffic Police numbers dropping
The number of traffic Police has dropped six times more than general Police reductions (more…)
Olympic traffic congestion could be 33% higher
A leading supplier of traffic information services predicts that the Olympic Games could increase congestion in London by 33% (more…)
More traffic police needed
Road safety charity, Brake, is calling for more road traffic Police to be a ‘first-tier’ policing priority (more…)
Gridlock Britain
Road traffic data from one of the leading Sat-Nav manufacturers shows M25 had 50% of the worst traffic jams in July. (more…)