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Government inquiry into smart motorway safety
Transport committee will look at whether the government needs a rethink on smart motorways.
Road deaths call smart motorway safety into question
The deaths of Jason Mercer and Alexandru Murgeanu could have been avoided, coroner says.
Poor state of local roads is number-one concern for drivers
Problems with road surfaces, such as potholes, remains the number-one gripe for the majority of drivers.
More than £351m spent on pothole repairs in 2019/20
The worst affected areas were Oxfordshire, Hertfordshire and Lancashire.
Road use drops 30% since start of lockdown
Though traffic has decreased with each lockdown, this time around there are far more cars on the road.
“Lost opportunities” to improve transport systems
DfT analysis found that the pandemic led to a reduction of 52 billion vehicle miles over the year to June
Single track roads most anxiety-inducing
One in ten (11%) say they feel scared on this kind of road with drivers aged 25-to-34 most likely to report worry (13%).
Fewer than half of UK drivers know smart motorway rules
Brake and Green Flag survey finds only 48% of UK drivers know the rules for driving on a smart motorway
Government accelerates pothole mapping project
The government has launched an audit to identify pothole hotspots.
