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Modern machines have more safety features than ever before β so why do accidents still happen? Brian OβSullivan considers the relationship between work site traffic, peop...
Curtin University in Perth, Australia, has now activated two Actibump systems to welcome their students returning from summer break. “Weβre looking forward to the r...
Off-the-shelf manual handling training should become a thing of the past, according to new advice released by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE). New musculoskeletal d...
Two SafeZone average speed schemes installed by Siemens in Brighton and Hastings in 2017 have received high acclaim from Sussex Safer Roads Partnership following the firs...
New Government proposals of Β£7million funding for new bike-friendly areas fail to address a fundamental issue of cycling road safety: potholes and deteriorating road surf...
OSHCR, the occupational Safety and Health Consultants Register has been looking at the 5 biggest risks that could damage your workforce and business in 2018. #1 AI Phobia...
Construction sites can be hazardous places especially if health and safety procedures are not carried out correctly or regularly updated. Unfortunately, despite widesprea...
A new approach to delineating traffic lanes is being championed by Borum as a way to reduce head-on collisions and improve road safety? The solution uses extruded black t...
A Birmingham technology company could save lives and taxpayers more than Β£23m a year by protecting crucial tunnels, bridges and overhead cables in the UK from bridge stri...
An investigation by IAM RoadSmart, the UKβs biggest independent road safety charity, has found that more than a third-of police forces are using their mobile safety camer...
Clearview catβs eyes, which light up in response to changing traffic lights, are to be used for the first time at a motorway junction to improve safety for drivers. Highw...
Nearly 5 people die on the UKβs road every day. Itβs a well-known figure that has remained stubbornly high for the past 5 years. Crashes at junctions are the largest sing...
BAM employees are celebrating two million hours worked lost time injury free at the building site for the Museum of the Future in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This achiev...
Run-off-road crashes remain the single biggest cause of deaths I Australia’s country roads in Victoria State, new road trauma data has revealed. Minister for Roads...
Operators across the road network from local authorities to national transport bodies, identify improving road safety as a top priority. With the number of people killed...
In the UK there is a 40% increase in alcohol consumption during the month of December, each and every year. During December of 2016, Brits consumed around 600 million uni...
Tarmac, the UKβs leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has been reaccredited to undertake the rigorous Fleet Operator Recognition Sc...
With just 13 days to go before Christmas, Highways England has called on the main man to help remind drivers to check their vehicles before travelling this festive season...
Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has unveiled a new range of passively safe traffic signal poles. Performance-rated against BS EN 12767, the new...
Highways England are adding more than 240 miles of extra capacity to the strategic road network by expanding the use of smart motorways and intelligent road markings. Sma...
Brake, the national road safety charity founded and lead the annual Road Safety Week, which takes place this week, the 20th β 26th November. This yearβs theme is Speed Do...
More than 950 Highways England Traffic Officers are being trained in life saving first aid, giving them enhanced skills which may be used to help casualties in need of ur...
One in five patients admitted to trauma centres in the UK were involved in road crashes in 2016 according to new figures obtained by Brake, the road safety charity. Road...
The rise in the number of cycling accidents caused by deteriorating road surfaces underlines calls for a national statutory standard definition of what comprises a pothol...
Car Parks are a very importantΒ part of the UK’s road network – and are often forgotten about when it comes to marking to high specifications. With around 20,0...
Highways Englandβs team of 1,300 specially trained gritter drivers based across the country are geared up for winter β and are urging drivers to do the same. The company...
A new survey of delegates at Highways UK, the UKβs premier highway event attended by 2,000 road-safety professionals, reveals attitudes towards adopting new technologies...
With the traditional catβs eye road stud set for a rebrand after councils reported complaints over βcats eyes removedβ warning signs, itβs important we understand the dif...
With an ambition to set a common safety standard for more than 50 thousand workers across its whole supply chain, Highways England has today (8 November 2017) announced a...
An innovative solar powered road stud which offers drivers 10 times greater visibility of the road ahead than traditional ‘cat’s eyes’ is today being un...
The shocking footage above was released by Highways England today and show drivers watching DVDs, reading books, and even boiling a dashboard kettle. One driver in...
Victoria, Australia, is leading the way in road safety with more than 75,000 children benefiting from an Australian-first “Starting Out Safely”, road safety e...
The UK is the third most congested country in Europe and we spend an average of 32 hours each year stuck in peak hour traffic. According to the latest report from Inrix t...
Recently, the presence of bright and colourful surface markings has become more and more prominent on British roads. This is a major contrast to the usual white demarcati...
Last month’s reported road casualties in Great Britain: 2016 annual report revealed a 4% increase in the number of reported road safety deaths. While this is not a...
Wearable technology which could reduce risks to drivers and lone workers has been trialled by highways engineers working for leading service provider Amey. Biometric and...
For the second year running, Highways England and DeerAware – The Deer Initiative have joined forces to warn motorists about the heightened risk of deer-vehicle col...
worldβs first responsive road crossing is being showcased in London as a prototype solution, aimed at tackling the 7,000+ incidents recorded each year at UK crossings bet...
Working in the construction industry can be tough, strenuous and at times, stressful. Itβs a manual industry where injury and ill health are not uncommon, which is why Vo...
Construction has begun on a $2.5 million project to install a range of bike safety treatments aimed at keeping motorcyclists safer on the Northern Coromandel Loop. Safer...
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