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A fundraiser, set up by an 11 year-old after his best friend was killed while cycling, has been so successful it’s now being used across the UK by Brake, the road safety charity, to raise cash to prevent more tragedies and provide support to bereaved relatives. Daniel Climance was just 11 when he was killed […]
Brake, the national road safety charity, has published a new report indicating that deaths on UK roads are up: Brake is extremely disappointed that the latest estimated figures from the Department for Transport show that 1,780 people were killed on Britain’s roads in the year ending, September 2015. An estimated 5,620 drink-drive crashes took place […]
Greg Mulholland, MP for Leeds North West, is the first Westminster MP to be given the accolade of Parliamentarian of the Month in 2016, by the road safety charity Brake and Direct Line Group. The award recognises Greg’s work fighting for improved justice for the families of people killed in road crashes by criminal driving. […]
While crashes caused by drink drivers are continuing to fall slightly, some drivers are still not getting the message about the dangers, especially men in their 20s who are still the most prolific offenders. The number of crashes, where at least one driver was over the limit, dropped by 930 between 2010 and 2013 (6620 […]
Almost 90 per cent of people believe drivers would benefit from regular eye tests according to a new poll by Motorpoint. The online survey by the UK’s leading car supermarket found 89 per cent of those quizzed wanted regular eye tests to be introduced for all motorists to ensure their vision was up to standard […]
Ford is offering its free young driver training programme for the third year running in the UK. Drivers aged 18-24 can now sign up for the DSFL training at London’s Excel Exhibition Centre on the 20th, 21st and 22nd November 2015 ahead of National Road Safety Week (23-27thNovember 2015.) Ford has teamed up with leading […]
Brake, the road safety charity, is running a free online training course next month – to help companies improve the safety of their drivers when out on the road. Brake’s Pledge training, sponsored by ARI Fleet UK, is being run as a series of online webinars this year to give managers and driver trainers the […]
Brake, the road safety charity, has lent its support to a manifesto on criminal driving, launched at the Houses of Parliament in March 2015 by Leeds North West MP Greg Mulholland. The manifesto highlights serious problems with how the justice system deals with cases of criminal driving, and makes a number of recommendations for urgently-needed change, […]
The government’s official annual road casualty report, available to view now, has confirmed figures showing disappointingly slow progress in reducing road casualties in the UK. 1,713 people were killed in 2013, at a rate of five a day, 2% fewer than in 2012. 21,657 people suffered serious injuries, at a rate of 59 a day, […]
Drivers are being urged to slow down on country roads this summer to enable families, walkers, cyclists and horse riders to enjoy great British countryside, as a survey reveals that a huge proportion treat them like racetracks. Results out today from road safety charity Brake and Digby Brown solicitors reveal one in three drivers (33%) […]