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Plans to get rid of hard shoulders have heightened motorway safety fears but the government is determined to press ahead For the most part, in the UK, this simply means a motorway without a hard shoulder, allowing traffic to utilise the additional lane. There are two main types: all-lane running, where the hard shoulder has been permanently converted to become the inside lane, and...

The federal Labor leader is said to be ‘very shaken but OK’ after his car was allegedly struck by a Range Rover driven by a 17-year-oldThe federal opposition leader, Anthony Albanese, has been taken to hospital after he was involved in a car accident in Sydney’s inner west.The Labor leader was driving in Marrickville on Friday when he was allegedly “T-boned” by a Range...

Rider taken to hospital after incident involving car said to be driven by Labour’s leaderPolice are investigating a collision involving the Labour leader, Sir Keir Starmer, in which a cyclist was taken to hospital.Starmer is understood to have been driving through north-west London around midday on Sunday when the crash occurred in Kentish Town. Continue reading...

Government updates law to ban drivers from using phone in any way, not just calling and textingDrivers who use hand-held phones in any way behind the wheel will face £200 fines and possible bans when changes in the law take account of smartphones.While making calls or texting on a hand-held mobile while driving is already illegal, taking photos, scrolling through a playlist or even...

Officials say 65 people were on board the bus when it was hit by a train two hours east of Bangkok At least 17 people were killed and more than dozen injured when a bus collided with a train in Thailand, officials said.The bus passengers were on their way to a temple in Chachoengsao province for a ceremony to mark the end of Buddhist...

Calls for stricter speed controls after woman and daughter seriously injured in crashPoliticians and road safety experts in Germany are calling for stricter speed controls on Berlin’s streets to clamp down on the growing trend of illegal car racing after a woman and her daughter were seriously injured in a crash.The collision on the main shopping boulevard Kurfürstendamm on Tuesday evening, left a 45-year-old...

One driver clocked at 151mph as speeding offences double, putting pedestrians at risk Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageMotorists have been caught driving at “extreme speeds” on otherwise-quiet roads over the Easter weekend, police have said, including one driver who was clocked at 151mph on the M1 near London.The number of motorists exceeding speed limits has doubled in some parts of the...

After years of committed action, neither city recorded a single pedestrian fatality in 2019 They cut speed limits, changed street design, removed space for cars and generally made life harder for motorists.Now it appears the work is paying off. Two of Europe’s smaller capital cities – Oslo and Helsinki – are reaping the rewards of committed action on making their roads safer, reducing pedestrian...

Country is first to implement measure nationwide in attempt to reduce congestionLuxembourg is to become the first country to offer a free public transport system, as the government tries to reduce particularly dense car traffic.Some cities have taken similar partial measures but the transport ministry said it was the only time such a decision had encompassed an entire country. Continue reading...

Accident happened on Black Country New Road in Wednesbury on Friday nightTwo men were killed and three people seriously injured when two cars crashed in the West Midlands.Police have launched an investigation into the collision, which took place on the A41 Black Country New Road in Wednesbury at about 10.30pm on Friday. The crash, which involved a black Jeep Cherokee and a black VW...

London orbital motorway is likely to be affected for a considerable time, say policeThe M25 has been shut after a serious collision involving a crane that overturned and crashed over both sides of the carriageway.The incident happened at junction 27 with the M11 in Essex on Friday evening. It has caused huge tailbacks in both directions including more than 10 miles on the clockwise...

New South Wales hopes to cut fatalities on the state’s roads by a third with devices that operate day and night in all weatherNew South Wales rolled out mobile phone detection cameras on Sunday, hoping to cut the number of fatalities on its roads by a third over two years, transport authorities said.The world-first mobile phone detection cameras, according to Transport for NSW, which...

Porsche reportedly mounted pavement, killing three adults, including Briton, and childPoliticians in Berlin are calling for a city-centre ban on “tank-like” 4x4s after a driver reportedly lost control of his car and hit a group of pedestrians in the German capital, killing four people.Police have opened an involuntary manslaughter investigation into the 42-year driver of a Porsche Macan who reportedly overtook cars waiting at...

Committee says ban on hands-free use should be considered amid rise in road deathsTougher restrictions on drivers using mobile phones, including extending the ban to hands-free devices, should be considered, MPs have said.The transport select committee said using any type of mobile phone while driving had potentially catastrophic consequences. The MPs called for more severe penalties “commensurate with the risks”, as road deaths linked...