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Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling for harsher penalties to reduce the problem of driving without insurance. This, says GEM, would have an immediate and significant impact in reducing road casualties, as well as demonstrating a commitment to protecting vulnerable road users. GEM road safety officer Neil Worth comments: “Uninsured driving […]
Tyre Safety Month 2016 has now begun with positive news from the Department for Transport’s Reported Road Casualties Great Britain (RRCGB) analysis which has revealed a reduction in casualties resulting from tyre-related incidents on Britain’s roads. Released yesterday, 2015’s data shows a 28% decrease in the number of people killed or seriously injured in tyre-related incidents […]
Brake, the road safety charity, is calling on the government to take urgent action after figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) show little change in the number of people killed because of drink-driving. Government figures reveal that the number of deaths involving a driver under the influence of alcohol was 240 in 2014. That […]
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 […]
Road safety and breakdown organisation GEM Motoring Assist is calling on the UK Government to take immediate and robust action to deal with the entirely unnecessary rise in road fatalities and serious injuries. The call comes on the day the Department for Transport publishes its Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report. GEM chief […]
The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has called for a raft of measures to reverse the disappointing increase in numbers of people killed and injured on UK roads as announced today by the government. The Department of Transport’s Reported Road Casualties Great Britain: 2014 Annual Report says there were 1,775 reported road deaths in 2014, […]
Following yesterday an announcement on 28th June 2012 of the 2011 road casualty figures, road safety organisation and the number one for breakdown cover in the UK, GEM Motoring Assist expresses its grave concern over the increase in road deaths after so many years of decline. The Department for Transport’s report shows a significant 3 […]