Only half of motorways reach road accident safety standard according to report The majority of England’s roads are failing to reach the top safety rating, according to a report by the Road Safety Foundation – the UK arm of the European Road Assessment Programme.  The study found that many stretches of motorways and major A-roads across the country do not have adequate protection for drivers who run off the road. Road traffic… read more

3 weeks of freezing weather leaves many roads in poor condition Now that the snow and ice has gone from many of the roads in England and Wales, they have left behind another potential hazard for motorists – potholes.  With temperatures hovering around freezing for much of the past three weeks, the conditions have been just right to allow many potholes to form. Potholes are caused when water gets into cracks in… read more

Berkshire town tops list of accident hot spots It might be most famous as the setting for TV’s “The Office”, but now the town of Slough in Berkshire, often regarded as one of the most average places in Britain, has topped a survey.  Unfortunately the survey in question was looking into road accident rates across Britain, and Slough was revealed to have an accident rate 41.3% higher than the UK average.  This… read more