June 2010

06/30/2010

Major leasing company ALD Automotive joins the Driving for Better Business campaign.

By achieving a crash reduction of almost a third, ALD Automotive, one of the UK’s leading contract hire and leasing companies, has become the 47th organisation to become a Driving for Better Business champion.The company, which manages a UK-wide fleet ...

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06/30/2010

Saving lives for less is achievable

The latest survey from the Road Safety Foundation, shows that savings in the cost of road crashes, worth £18bn a year (1.5 % of GDP), are readily achievable. The survey covers 28,000 miles, making it largest analysis of its kind ...

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06/28/2010

20 MPH Zones to be Re-considered

The Sunday Times, 25 July reports that ministers are proposing a 20mph speed limit on urban roads to reduce deaths and reclaim the streets for cyclists and pedestrians.The reduction from 30mph would apply to all town centre and residential streets ...

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06/28/2010

European Transport Ministers Discuss Road Safety at Work

Transport Ministers meeting in Brussels last week discussed work related road safety at their Council Meeting.As well as declaring work related road safety a priority for action at a national level, Spain has made it one of the priorities of ...

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06/25/2010

Consumers can help reduce road deaths

Technology must be used to continue the decline in casualties on Britain’s roads, says RoadSafe.Director, Adrian Walsh, says, “The Department of Transport’s announcement of a 12% decline in deaths is good news. It shows all the hard work is paying ...

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