Letter to The Times to mark UN Global Road Safety Week

View Full Story - Posted 4:07 pm May 24, 2013

David Davies talks about Graduated Driver Licencing, the new Transport Safety Commission and the 2011 Strategic Framework for Road Safety.

View Full Story - Posted 10:11 am May 2, 2013

Following the recent transfer of the power to set the level of the drink drive limit from Westminster to the Scottish Parliament, the Scottish Government published the consultation paper ‘Redu..

View Full Story - Posted 3:33 pm April 5, 2013

Cyclists across England are set to benefit from safer roads thanks to a £40 million boost to improve dangerous routes and junctions, Transport Minister Norman Baker announced today (4 April 20..

View Full Story - Posted 12:25 pm April 5, 2013

The Department for Transport has published Strategic road network performance specification 2013 to 2015, setting out performance expectations for the strategic road network and Highways Agency..

View Full Story - Posted 12:05 pm April 5, 2013

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 ..

View Full Story - Posted 5:24 pm March 25, 2013

FatalitiesRoad fatalities across the EU have decreased by 9% in 2012. According to new figures published by the European Commission, 2012 saw the lowest number of people killed in road traffic in EU..

View Full Story - Posted 5:20 pm March 25, 2013

 The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) is to set up a Transport Safety Commission to inquire into road, rail and air safety. Initially the Commission will address road..

View Full Story - Posted 9:59 am March 15, 2013

Stephen Hammond MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Transport, promised that this Government has a laser focus on road safety at an event in London on Wednesday. He was speaking at a..

View Full Story - Posted 5:31 pm February 7, 2013

The recent bleak winter weather is likely to have reduced the number of people being killed and seriously injured on Britain’s roads.Evidence from previous years suggests that periods of snow ..

View Full Story - Posted 10:11 am January 28, 2013