Road Traffic Accidents: Glasgow Follows Edinburgh in Introduction of 20mph Zones
New 20mph zones have been introduced in Glasgow as the city follows Edinburgh’s lead in attempting to reduce the number of road traffic accidents and injuries to vulnerable road users. Edinburgh announced that a speed limit would be put in place in some areas of the city centre in March 2015 and Glasgow has now introduced a […]
Luxury Cars “More Likely” to be involved in Road Traffic Accident
A new study has revealed that luxury vehicles are more likely to be involved in road traffic accidents than Smart cars and other similar models. According to the latest data, Smart cars have the lowest “at fault” insurance claim rate out of any model. Between July 2014 and June 2015, vehicles such as the Smart car only registered 78.6 […]
Brake: Scottish Government Must Reduce Number of Road Deaths
Concerning new statistics – released by Transport Scotland – show that both the number of deaths and the number of persons seriously injured, on Scotland’s roads, increased last year. In particular, between 2013 an 2014, the number of persons who died in road traffic accidents across Scotland, increased by sixteen per cent (16%) to two hundred […]
Government to overhaul young driver rules
Young drivers could benefit from improved training and lower insurance premiums as the government confirmed its intention to launch a green paper on improving the safety and reducing risks to young drivers. Among the proposals being considered are: The government is also considering the possibility of imposing temporary restrictions on newly qualified drivers and further […]
Higher risk of accidents on UK roads
Europe’s largest organisation of engineers, the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET), says the loss of focus brought about by the removal of road safety targets could lead to more road traffic accidents in different parts of the country. Targets set in 2000 by the government led directly to a fall in road deaths of […]
