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Road Safety News
Kenya prioritising non-motorized transport to enhance road safety
Kenya prioritising non-motorized transport to enhance road safety A majority of trips in Kenya are made by walking and cycling, with only 15% made by private cars, most of which take place in the capi...
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Australia investing A$112 million for safety upgrades on nine high risk Queensland roads
Australia investing A$112 million for safety upgrades on nine high risk Queensland roads The Palaszczuk Government is investing $112 million for safety upgrades on nine high risk Queensland roads. Tra...
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Clearview Intelligence sees signs of improvement at dangerous junction
Clearview Intelligence sees signs of improvement at dangerous junction A road safety initiative installed at a crossroad junction has reduced collisions and delivered a 97 percent first year rate of r...
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European-wide study investigated the main causes of motorbike and bicycle accidents
European-wide study investigated the main causes of motorbike and bicycle accidents A FOUR YEAR investigation into hundreds of accidents across Europe has gathered in-depth crash data to determine the...
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Siemens Mobility receives Home Office Type-Approval for SafeZone II
Siemens Mobility receives Home Office Type-Approval for SafeZone II Siemens Mobility Limited has received Home Office Type-Approval for its SafeZone II average speed enforcement system, which incorpor...
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Boschung fixed automated ice spray technology upgraded on the A4 in France
Boschung fixed automated ice spray technology upgraded on the A4 in France In 2002, the first BOSCHUNG fixed automated spray technology (FAST) system was installed on some sections of the A4 in France...
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Salt might be bad for your health, but it keeps you safe in winter
Salt might be bad for your health, but it keeps you safe in winter Salt is more than something to sprinkle on to your fish and chips, this common household ingredient helps Highways England keep your...
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The American dream crumbles as highway network needs urgent repair and improvement
The American dream crumbles as highway network needs urgent repair and improvement With the condition and funding of the USβs road network stuck in the slow lane, what does the future hold for America...
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Clearview ends 2018 on a high way
Clearview ends 2018 on a high way A road safety initiative implemented by Clearview Intelligence along a major trunk road in Scotland has contributed to an international road safety award. Scotland Tr...
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Industry leaders give mandate for autonomous vehicles to deliver benefits beyond safety
Industry leaders give mandate for autonomous vehicles to deliver benefits beyond safety New research from the Smart Mobility Living Lab: London (SMLL) has found that almost two-thirds (65%) of senior...
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Dangerous roads, where next?
Dangerous roads, where next? Each year the Road Safety Foundation publishes its British EURORAP Results on the countryβs most dangerous roads. This year the report rightly centres on the fact that red...
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Tarmac and Nottingham Trent University get in gear for cycle safety
Tarmac and Nottingham Trent University get in gear for cycle safety Cyclists and HGV drivers recently joined forces at a unique event hosted in Nottingham to help find new solutions for improving cycl...
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RSMA 2018 Awards takes a look at the winners
RSMA 2018 Awards takes a look at the winners The Road Safety Markings Association (RSMA) gave widespread recognition to member companies and individuals for outstanding achievements at its annual conf...
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Innovative speed signs coming to New Zealand’s Waikato intersections
Innovative speed signs coming to New Zealand’s Waikato intersections Innovative electronic speed signs will be installed at six Waikato intersections over the coming weeks. The signs, known as I...
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Highways England warns drivers to give gritters space to work
Highways England warns drivers to give gritters space to work They have attention grabbing flashing amber beacons, are 2.5 metres wide and are painted bright orange, but last year 36 Highways England...
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Clearview traffic innovations improve safety and traffic flow at hospital junction
Clearview traffic innovations improve safety and traffic flow at hospital junction An innovative scheme integrating wireless vehicle detection traffic signals, vehicle activated signs (VAS) and a hurr...
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What we can learn from Scotlandβs road safety success
What we can learn from Scotlandβs road safety success Fatalities in Scotland reduced by 24 percent in 2017, according to last month’s Reported Road Casualties in Great Britain. This was the bigg...
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Blakedale treats in store for Traffex Road Expo Scotland
Blakedale treats in store for Traffex Road Expo Scotland There are no tricks, just treats on the Blakedale stand at Traffex Road Expo Scotland as the road safety vehicle hire and sales specialist show...
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Ringway Jacobs on a winning streak
Ringway Jacobs on a winning streak Essex Highways is part of The Safer Essex Roads Partnership, which won the βRoad Safety, Traffic Management & Enforcementβ category at the National Transport Awa...
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RoSPA calls for UK road strategy to prioritise vulnerable road users
RoSPA calls for UK road strategy to prioritise vulnerable road users RoSPAΒ publishesΒ Safe and active at all ages: a national strategy to prevent serious accidental injuries in England.Β Among its recom...
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Targeted approach needed to tackle Britain’s stagnant road safety figures
Targeted approach needed to tackle Britain’s stagnant road safety figures The Reported road casualties Great Britain, annual report: 2017 was released this time last week. In reviewing the repor...
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Road safety solutions could bring National Road Victim Month to an end
Road safety solutions could bringΒ National Road Victim Month to an end With good weather enticing people out of their homes, into their cars and onto their bicycles, most of us associate August as the...
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Ford’s cycling jacket makes bicycles smarter and safer
Ford’s cycling jacket makes bicycles smarter and safer Finding the way through busy streets on two wheels can be daunting and for cyclists who take their eyes off the road to glance at navigatio...
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Have fun with the Cones: Helping Corporate Britain educate children
Have fun with the Cones: Helping Corporate Britain educate children Meet the Cones! Conestance, Conerad, Cone-Vera and Conen. Yes, there are some stray βeβs in there β Cones need Cone names! The Meet...
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National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme
National Transport Industry Award shines the spotlight on LED road stud scheme A route safety scheme which uses SolarLite Active LED Road Stud technology to βrevolutioniseβ safety on a major trunk roa...
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Smart thinking could improve driver safety perception of Britain’s Smart Motorways
Smart thinking could improve driver safety perception of Britain’s Smart Motorways Smart Motorways were first introduced in 2006 to address increasing congestion and since then have been proven...
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Why road safety is getting to be a real juggling act
Why road safety is getting to be a real juggling act The British Governmentβs “dangerous road” fund has attracted a lot of attention in recent months as cash strapped local authorities see...
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The Halo comes to Britain to protect construction workers
The Halo comes to Britain to protect construction workers The Illumagear Halo task light, a personal active safety system designed to illuminate people at risk in any environment or industry is now be...
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Eurovia UK wins RoSPA Order of Distinction and Gold Fleet Safety Awards
Eurovia UK wins RoSPA Order of Distinction and Gold Fleet Safety Awards Eurovia UK has been handed a prestigious award in recognition of its practices and achievements in helping its staff get home sa...
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Improving road worker health, safety and wellbeing
Improving road worker health, safety and wellbeing One of Highways Englandβs three core aims is that no one should be harmed when travelling or working on the Strategic Road Network (SRN). Clearview I...
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Putting a price on delivering a good driving experience
Putting a price on delivering a good driving experience When considering new schemes, be they route safety, congestion management or capacity improvement schemes, it is easy to get consumed by the tec...
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Do not use the motorway hard shoulder as a naughty step
Do not use the motorway hard shoulder as a naughty step Itβs a familiar scene for most parents driving on a motorway β children misbehaving. But the answer is not to do as one set of parents did and u...
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Majority of UK drivers are concerned about Smart Motorway safety
Majority of UK drivers are concerned about Smart Motorway safety A SURVEY by road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist has shown that two thirds of motorists are concerned about safet...
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High-tech headgear helps promote safer driving
High-tech headgear helps promote safer driving Highways England is using virtual reality to reduce the risk of commercial vehicle drivers being involved in incidents as they travel up and down theΒ cou...
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Developing current technology is just as important as new ideas
Developing current technology is just as important as new ideas Having disruptive shifts in technology seems to have gathered a lot of support over the past 10 years with an autonomous future promisin...
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Highways England warns thousands of road workersβ lives are being put at risk
Highways England warns thousands of road workersβ lives are being put at risk Highways England today released video footage of a reckless motorist mounting the pavement and placing road workersβ lives...
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Deliver effective route safety solutions for complex road safety challenges
Deliver effective route safety solutions for complex road safety challenges If you are responsible for reducing the number of people killed or seriously injured on your road network you likely already...
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Volvo cars and trucks communicate to increase traffic safety
Volvo cars and trucksΒ communicate to increase traffic safety Volvo, the premium car maker, and leading truck maker Volvo Trucks will share real-time data to expand coverage of the companiesβ connected...
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UK Highways Industry and Road Safety Groups call for cut in road works
UK Highways Industry and Road Safety Groups call for cut in road works Pedestrian, road safety and disability campaign groups as well as experts across the highways sector have responded to news that...
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Siemens SafeZone delivers safer roads in Sussex, UK
Siemens SafeZone delivers safer roads in Sussex, UK Two SafeZone average speed schemes installed by Siemens in Brighton and Hastings in 2017 have received high acclaim from Sussex Safer Roads Partners...
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Cycling funding in UK fails to address fundamental safety issues
Cycling funding in UK fails to address fundamental safety issues New Government proposals of Β£7million funding for new bike-friendly areas fail to address a fundamental issue of cycling road safety: p...
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IAM RoadSmart hails wider use of Mobile Safety Cameras is good for Road Safety
IAM RoadSmart hails wider use of Mobile Safety Cameras is good for Road Safety An investigation by IAM RoadSmart, the UKβs biggest independent road safety charity, has found that more than a third-of...
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Clearview catβs eyes will improve safety on UK roads
Clearview catβs eyes will improve safety on UK roads 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 sa...
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Run off the road crashes are the biggest killer on Australia’s country roads
Run off the road crashes are the biggest killer on Australia’s country roads Run-off-road crashes remain the single biggest cause of deaths I Australia’s country roads in Victoria State, n...
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Metropolitan Adelaide gets A$22 million road safety upgrades
Metropolitan Adelaide gets A$22 million road safety upgrades Nine metropolitan blackspots, including the intersection of Main North Road, Dalkeith Road and Smith Road will be upgraded as part of the S...
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How to make roads safer now and for the future
How to make roads safer now and for the future Operators across the road network from local authorities to national transport bodies, identify improving road safety as a top priority. With the number...
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Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation
Tarmac paves way for fleet safety through commitment to HGV accreditation Tarmac, the UKβs leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business, has been reaccredited to undertak...
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Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas
Santa backs Highways England call for motorists to check their vehicles this Christmas With just 13 days to go before Christmas, Highways England has called on the main man to help remind drivers to c...
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Siemens unveils all-new passively safe traffic signal poles
Siemens unveils all-new passively safe traffic signal poles Siemens, a global leader in traffic management technology, has unveiled a new range of passively safe traffic signal poles. Performance-rate...
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Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction
Safety first for Florida’s I-4 reconstruction Floridians are looking forward to an increase in both time and safety when the $2.3 billion I-4 Ultimate interstate megaproject is completed in 2021...
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