Welsh train drivers win compensation for injuries
The painful work-related injury carpal tunnel syndrome hit the headlines again this week when 3 train drivers working for Arriva Trains Wales were awarded compensation after developing the condition whilst at work.  Between them, the three staff members were awarded over £22,000 in compensation, for their injuries and for the time they had to take off work due to the condition.

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The North London borough of Camden is to become home to London’s first naked street in an effort to cut accidents on one of the capital’s busiest thoroughfares, Camden High Street.

The ‘Naked Street’ idea was pioneered in the Netherlands as a way of reducing accidents by making motorists and pedestrians pay more attention to each other.  Making a street ‘Naked’ involves removing as much street furniture – things… read more

Planned safety improvements for a stretch of the A166 road in Yorkshire have been scaled back due to cash shortages in the City of York transport budget.

The road had been due to receive a comprehensive package of measures including installing traffic islands in the centre of the road between the carriageways, road widening and new road markings.  The measures were designed to reduce the level of accidents on… read more

Two construction firms have been fined for their roles in a scaffolding collapse which led to the death of a worker
The firms, McAleer & Rushe, based in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and Les Smith Carpentry, based in Romsey in Hampshire both admitted to breaching health and safety regulations.  The incident happened in 2006 at the site of a Jurys Inn hotel that was under construction at the time; 100ft… read more

Road accidents one of the biggest killers of teenagers in the developing world, according to the UN
This shocking statistic underlines the importance this week of the first Global Ministerial Summit on Road Safety, organised by the UN.  The summit, held in Moscow, will be attended by Ministerial representatives from 70 governments around the world, as politicians across the globe seek new ways to reduce the estimated 1.3 million annual… read more

Loophole allowing suspended driving instructors to continue teaching is closed
The Driving Instruction Act 2009 will soon be coming into force.  This new piece of legislation is designed to close a loophole which allows driving instructors who have been suspended to continue giving lessons for 45 days, until they are formally removed from the register of Advanced Driving Instructors.

Under current regulations, even if a Driving Instructor has been… read more

Third Party Capture tactics face criticism from lawyers
Insurance company tactics have come in for criticism again recently, with the release of a report by the Northern Ireland Law Society into the controversial practice of third party capture.

Third Party Capture is the term used by insurance companies to refer to getting people injured in accidents caused by their own policy holders to accept a compensation deal without contacting… read more