Cyclists are praising these re-chargeable lights for how well they light up dark roads in winter (and they’re now in the Amazon sale) By Zoe Griffin For Mailonline Published: 13:25 GMT, 31 December 2020 | Updated: 13:25 GMT, 31 December 2020 Having lights for the front and rear of your bike is essential if you’re … Read more
Covid makes Britain’s roads safer: Insurance pay outs drop by £4.4bn with 41% less accidents and 26% fewer deaths than in 2019 London motorists have made £693m-worth fewer car insurance claims in 2020 Accident levels in the capital have fallen almost 60 per cent due to Covid-19 Motorists in Scotland have recorded almost 37 per … Read more
The great Christmas getaway looked very different today with just a quarter of drivers planning a journey by car over the Christmas period. Only 7.9million cars are expected to take to the roads, compared to around 17million who planned to travel last year, according to a recent AA survey. The A14 in Cambridgeshire was quiet … Read more
Motorists beware, police forces around the country are trialling new handheld speed guns that will make it far easier for them to catch and fine road users who exceed limits. A number of UK constabularies – including Northumbria Police and Warwickshire Police – in recent months have announced they are beginning to use the latest version … Read more
Electric car sales soar and diesels plummet in boost for Boris Johnson’s green roads plan Sales of electric cars this have been 82,291 compared to 37,850 last year Diesel sales dropped 58 per cent from 583,488 in 2019 to 246,389 this year The Prime Minister plans to ban sales of new petrol and diesel cars … Read more
Roads bosses plan Brexit rehearsal by shutting M20 in Kent for four nights as they test new system to deal with lorries queuing for Europe A movable reservation has been designed to keep traffic moving near Dover Part of the M20 in Kent will be closed for four nights as new system is tested A … Read more
Half of the bridges on our roads are in a ‘poor’ condition, official figures suggest Almost half of England’s motorway bridges are in a poor or very poor condition Some 858 bridges have at least one crucial section in a ‘very poor condition’ Highways England insisted a ‘poor’ rating does not mean a bridge is … Read more
Rishi Sunak vowed to plough £100billion into road, rail and broadband projects yesterday. The Chancellor refused to renege on the Government’s plan for ‘once-in-a-generation’ infrastructure spending. Despite the Covid hit to the economy, he said he was pressing ahead with the highest sustained level of public investment in more than 40 years. Mr Sunak told … Read more
Young people have fuelled a decline in car ownership among nearly a third of England’s population, as they turn instead to electric scooters and bicycles, new figures reveal. The number of private cars owned by individuals fell in areas that account for 31.5% of the population of England – or 16 million people – according to … Read more
London Underground trains were packed with commuters this morning as they made their way to work amid England’s second lockdown. The travellers were seen squashed together in packed tube carriages in defiance of social-distancing guidelines. There were also busy scenes on escalators down to train platforms – but nearly all commuters pictured were wearing masks. … Read more