The number of business drivers killed or seriously injured in road accidents has remained stable over the last decade. In 2009, there were 5,442 serious and fatal crashes in Britain involving people driving for business purposes. In 2018 this number rose to 5,506. Over the same period, the number of collisions involving at-work drivers also …
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Highways England says around 98% of motorways and major A roads will be roadworks-free in time for Christmas. The vast majority of roadworks will be removed from the motorway and major A-road network from 6am Friday 20 December until 12.01am on Thursday 2 January. To avoid busy travel times, Highways England is urging drivers to …
Nearly 50% of AA members would report a stranger who was preparing to drink-drive. However, if the drunk person was a family member, only 2% of AA members surveyed said they would call the police. Rather than report the drunk person for dangerous driving, they said they’d prefer to take their keys away, call a …
The UK had 122,635 recorded accidents in 2018 – that’s around 336 a day. New research from Holts Auto also found: Most road accidents happen in November 20% of all road accidents are serious or fatal Birmingham is the city where most road accidents occur, followed by Leeds, then Westminster Most road accidents occur on 30mph roads …
DVSA results have shown April has the highest male and female practical driving test pass rates between 2018 and 2019. The team at Bill Plant Driving School analysed data from the DVSA which discovered that Pitlochry Driving Test Centre in Scotland had the highest first time pass rate for male learners (94%), while Mallaig Driving …
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New charging points have been installed at 100 Tesco supermarkets. Hundreds of electric vehicle owners can enjoy free charging while they shop as a result of a tie-up between supermarket Tesco, Pod Point, and Volkswagen. New 7kW points EV charging points have already been installed at 100 Tesco stores, with more on the way. As …
Hyundai has revealed that there are 36,750 different ways to drive. The company partnered with Dr. Mark Hadley from the University of Warwick and driving expert Gary Lamb in creating The Drive Different Test, to showcase how alternatively fuelled vehicles will impact driving styles. Five basic identifications for driving styles were determined by the study: …
Significantly more used car buyers are searching for automatic cars rather than manual, new figures reveal. The proportion of searches for automatics on AA Cars has risen from 9.9% in 2014 to 18.6% this year. An AA Populus survey of 20,000 drivers also found more than half think automatics are easier to drive. Over the …
A group of ADIs has set up a Say NO #LearnerAbuse campaign and they’re looking for support from others in the industry. The group explained their campaign: “Every day, thousands of driving instructors go to work in order to not just earn a living but to improve the lives of the individuals they work with. …
The government is still losing millions as a result of road tax evasion, despite a drop in the number of drivers failing to pay. Since road tax went paperless, the rate of tax evasion has risen from around 0.6% in 2013 to 1.8% in 2017. However, for the first time since the VED rules were …
