Tebay named best motorway services
Telford (M54 at J4) was rated the UK’s worst services and the M4 is the motorway with the best services overall.
Roads
Schools across the UK take part in Kids Walk to highlight road safety
Latest official figures show that 16,150 children were killed or injured on roads in the UK in 2019.
Traffic back to pre-COVID levels
Travel by national rail is currently just 45% compared with pre-lockdown and, nationally, bus passengers are at 64%.
Smart motorways – a recipe for disaster?
Tom Harrington examines the pros and cons of smart motorways and asks whether they will remain as they are or expand over the next few years
GEM calls for 20mph limits in residential streets
Low speeds save lives is a central theme of this month’s Global Road Safety Week.
Q&A with a traffic officer
Highways England Traffic Officer Philip Price answers your questions, with additional contributions by the DIA’s Olivia Baldock-Ward
Cost of pothole damage rises despite drop in mileage
Report reveals bill for repairs to pothole damage total £1.3bn over the last year.
Safe at speed
Carly Brookfield highlights the work DIA is doing to help make driving on high speed roads safer.
