Road safety

Technology has a vital role to play in driver safety, but it can’t be at the expense of human factors.

More than half of Britain’s working days lost in 2019/20 were due to mental ill-health.

Motorists have let their driving standards slip during lockdown, new research has revealed.

James Pomeroy considers the the indirect increase in road deaths due to people avoiding public transport during the pandemic

A contractor has been prosecuted for failing to ensure two of its workers were sufficiently rested to work and travel safely.

The UK government has published a review promising a £5m cash boost following safety criticism

Road traffic accidents take around 1.35 million lives globally every year and cost most countries 3% of their GDP, a recent road safety summit in Sweden revealed.

Since its introduction nearly two decades ago, telematics – the combination of telecommunications and infomatics – has come a long way in reducing the risks of driver distraction.

Transport for London (TfL) has announced a trial that involves playing an artificial sound through speakers on the front of the new generation hybrid and electric buses.

New research from Lightfoot, the maker of the world’s first technology to reward better company car drivers, has revealed that 12% of drivers are citing stress caused by work as the main reason for accidents, with a further 12% pointing to phone calls made during journeys, and 4% highlighting urgent work emails as the chief cause of their accident.