Polski Dzial Study Finds Mobile Phone Usage When Driving Still Common
A study has found that mobile phone usage when driving is still exceptionally common after almost two-thirds of drivers admitted to seeing at least one driver per hour use their phone behind the wheel illegally. The research, which came from the RAC, found that 64% of motorists saw a driver using their phone during their […]
Disappointment at Rise in Road Casualty Figures
Road safety organisation the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has expressed disappointment at the rise in numbers of people killed and seriously injured on UK roads revealed in Department of Transport figures. The charity blames many years of Government cutbacks and the resulting drop in visible policing for this increase in figures. “It is disappointing […]
Fall in Road Deaths and Injuries Welcomed
The Department for Transport has recently published a report giving detailed statistics on road traffic personal injury accidents in 2013. The report reveals that road deaths in 2013 decreased by 2% compared to 2012, to 1,713, which is apparently the lowest figure since national records began in 1926. In addition, the number of people seriously […]
Increase in Cyclist Deaths Spurs Campaign for Legal Changes
Cyclist campaign groups have called on the Scottish Government to make legal changes to protect cyclists after Transport Scotland reported an increase of 44% in cycling deaths this year. The campaigners have urged the government to introduce dedicated cycle lanes, to do more to discourage illegal use of cycle lanes by motorists, cut urban speed […]
Calls for greater progress in reducing road deaths
Transport safety campaigners are calling on the European Union to accelerate progress in reducing the number of people killed in cars every year in the EU, as new research shows 12,345 car occupants were fatally injured in 2012. The report into trends in car occupant safety, published by the European Transport Safety Council (ETSC), found […]
Christmas party-goers urged to help save lives
Road safety charity Brake and Direct Line are appealing to party-goers to help prevent Christmas tragedies by standing up to designated drivers who break their promise by drinking alcohol. This puts their passengers and other road users at risk. Research released by Brake and Direct Line shows a huge shift in public attitudes towards drink […]
Campaign appeals to drivers to tune in to road safety
A national campaign launched by road safety charity Brake has called on drivers to tune in to road safety, to prevent appalling crashes caused by multi-tasking at the wheel. The campaign appeals to drivers to turn off their phones or put them in the boot, and urges everyone to refuse to speak on the phone […]
Scottish road casualty figures reach record low
Statistics recently published by Transport Scotland have revealed that road casualties in Scotland have fallen to their lowest level on record. The figures for 2012 show overall casualties are down 1% on last year’s previous record low and down 34% on 2002 data. The number of fatalities on Scotland’s roads is down 6% on last […]
Action needed to tackle rise in drink drive deaths
A road safety charity has called on the Government to take action in the wake of new road traffic accident figures showing a 17% increase in drink drive deaths in Britain. The statistics, from the Department for Transport, reveal that in 2012, 280 people were killed (one in six road deaths) and 1,210 were seriously […]