Transport and logistics

A transport boss has been jailed for 15 years and a driver sentenced to six years after two men died when their car was hit by an HGV with faulty brakes.

The airline giant was prosecuted for ‘significant failings’ in the general management of supervision and monitoring, risk assessment and training.

A distribution firm has been fined £300,000 over safety failings after a conveyor belt collapsed in a ‘scissor-like motion’ and crushed one of its workers.

The UK's biggest freight operator has been prosecuted after a worker suffered life-changing injuries when a train collided with his vehicle on a level crossing.

The IOSH-funded Driver Diesel Exposure Mitigation Study (DEMiSt) recently revealed its findings about professional drivers’ exposure to diesel pollution in London.

Fifty-seven Transport for London staff have died from the virus – IOSH magazine looks at the measures TfL has put in place.

Mike Hedges has been a London taxi driver for 30 years and more recently became a researcher into air pollution.

A transport company has been fined after a worker was fatally injured when the pallet of stone tiles he was attempting to deliver fell onto him.

A lorry firm has been ordered to close after it was found to have misled the traffic commissioner over events leading up to a collision.

An independent review into the deaths of London bus drivers from COVID-19 has been released, and TfL has reacted to its recommendations