Road Safety Foundation releases fatal accident report
A new report released today by the Road Safety Foundation titled Saving Lives for Less has revealed that the most dangerous 10% of roads in England, Wales and Scotland are responsible for half of all fatal accidents.

The Road safety Foundation, which forms the British arm of the European Road Assessment Programme, looked at 28,000 miles of A-roads and motorways running the… read more

New Health and Safety Executive figures released today
The number of workers being killed in accidents at work has fallen to its lowest ever level, according to new figures released by the Health and safety Executive for the period between 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010.  The provisional statistics released by the HSE for 2009/2010 show that 151 people lost their lives whilst at work.  This compares with 178… read more

2002 Rail crash left seven dead and seventy-six with personal injuries
The inquest into the tragic rail crash at Potters Bar station 8 years ago begins in London this week.  The accident, which saw 6 passengers and 1 bystander killed, and dozens of others injured, marked a low point in the recent history of the UK railways.  Several reports blamed poor maintenance procedures for not spotting a defective section of… read more

70% of fatal road accidents occur in rural areas
Police forces north of the border have announced a crackdown on motorists who drive at excessive speeds on rural Scottish roads.  Over three days this week, officers are increasing their patrols in country areas in a bid to raise awareness of the dangers of speeding along country lanes.  They are also hoping to catch drivers and bikers who aren’t following the… read more

Government responds to report into construction site accidents
The government has announced its response to Rita Donaghy’s 2009 report into deaths and injuries in the UK construction industry.  The Donaghy report, titled ‘One Death is too Many – Inquiring into the Underlying Causes of Construction Fatal Accidents’, was commissioned in 2008 to look at the underlying causes of fatal accidents in construction over the last quarter of a century.  23… read more

1,200 injuries could be prevented
Eight days of spot checks at locations across North West England are planned as part of a new campaign focussed on reducing the number of deaths and injuries linked to the transport of loads.  The campaign will see officers from the Health and Safety Executive and Vehicle Operator Services Agency inspecting the loads of vehicles that have been pulled over at random.

1,200 accidents… read more

Concern over injuries to pedestrians caused by mobility scooters
The debate over the risks posed by mobility scooters seems to have heated up this week.  Several newspapers and news websites have been carrying stories with headlines such as “A Mobility Scooter Menace?”  Many of these stories draw attention to the unique legal position of mobility scooter users which means that they cannot be prosecuted for dangerous driving under the Road… read more