Awards

FirstCar Awards 2019

The FirstCar Awards 2019 will take place on 6th February at the prestigious Royal Automobile Club, Pall Mall, London. Following the success of the inaugural awards earlier this year, FirstCar, in association with Warranty Direct, will be hosting an even bigger and better event in 2019. Read more...

Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)

Weather forecasts to connect with vehicles

Bosch has partnered with Foreca, a Finnish weather forecasting company, to offer connected vehicles detailed information about road conditions. Read more...

Driving at work

Legislation fails to bring change

IAM RoadSmart highlights failure of Corporate Manslaughter and Homicide Act to bring companies to account for their road safety performance Read more...

Brake's 2018 Fleet Safety Survey is now open

Brake Professional and Licence Bureau are inviting all organisations with employees who drive for work to take part in its annual fleet safety survey. Read more...

Gig economy drivers and riders at heightened risk of traffic collisions

The pressure that comes with being a self-employed courier or taxi driver may significantly increase the risk of being involved in a collision. Read more...

International news

Alliance webinars: fundraising for Road Safety NGOs

In our recent survey on the Decade of Action for Road Safety, 64% of members said that their main source of funding was out of their own pockets; in 2015’s learning needs assessment, 83% of members listed fundraising as a training need. Read more...

Call for EU infrastructure safety rules to be extended beyond main motorways

A coalition of safety groups, traffic police, cyclists, transport workers and the road sector are calling on the European Parliament to back a proposal to extend the scope of EU road infrastructure safety rules to cover all primary roads in Europe, and to incorporate the needs of cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists in the implementation of the rules. Read more...

#StopTheCrash campaign launch in India during inaugural Global NCAP World Congress

For the first time in India, the #StopTheCrash Partnership will host a live demonstration of crash avoidance technologies during Global NCAP’s inaugural World Congress event in Delhi. Read more...

UN Road Safety Trust Fund gears up for action

The United Nations Road Safety Trust Fund, launched in April 2018, has taken an important step towards becoming operational, with the first meetings of its Advisory Board and Steering Committee having taken place in Geneva. Read more...

UK news

Reported road casualties Great Britain, annual report: 2017

The Department for Transport has published the personal injury accident statistics on public roads in Great Britain for 2017. Read more...

Safer vehicles

Success for Audi and VW in meeting Euro NCAP’s 5-star challenge

Euro NCAP releases the safety ratings of four new cars today. Both the Audi A6 and the VW Touareg achieve a maximum five- star rating, the Ford Tourneo Connect achieves a solid four-star rating and the new Suzuki Jimny scores three stars. Read more...

Seat Belt Safety Enhanced

The EU is set to adopt updated UNECE regulations on seatbelts that will require seatbelt reminder systems in all front and rear seats on new cars from September 2019. Read more...

Safer drivers

Police crackdown on poor vision

Venson reveals only 1 in 4 motorists are not confident they can read a number plate from 20m away. Read more...

Highways England: Driving isn't a game

Highways England has launched a new campaign on the back of figures showing one in eight road casualties are caused by people who drive too close to the vehicle in front. Read more...