Press releases

Half-a-million people have taken IAM RoadSmart’s advanced test for car or bike over the past six decades – that’s as the leading UK road safety charity reaches its 60th anniversary this week.

IAM RoadSmart says it is unconvinced of value of the decision by City of Edinburgh Council to impose a 20mph speed limit on the vast majority of the capital’s streets as of Sunday (31 July).

With the world going Pokemon GO crazy, UK road safety charity IAM Roadsmart is urging motorists not to go on the hunt for Squirtle on Spaghetti Junction, Jigglypuff on the Hangar Lane gyratory or Magikarp on the M4.

IAM RoadSmart members have a pessimistic view of how the country’s exit from the European Union will affect them as drivers, according to a survey.

IAM RoadSmart chief executive Sarah Sillars OBE has been named in Autocar’s Great British Women in the Car Industry 2016. The awards, which named 100 inspirational British women from the automotive industry, were celebrated at a reception at the SMMT on Friday (08/07) afternoon.

IAM RoadSmart’s 60th anniversary car party this Saturday has a vast array of unique vehicles on display, led by a prized and restored Aston Martin and a number of cars that are one of few surviving examples of their breed.

Independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has responded to the Department for Transport’s (DfT) reported road casualties in Great Britain 2015.

British Superbike star Peter Hickman has been confirmed as a special guest at the IAM RoadSmart 60th anniversary bike party on 2 July at the National Motorcycle Museum in Birmingham.

IAM RoadSmart has become an official supporter of TyreSafe, the UK’s not-for-profit tyre safety awareness organisation.

With wet weather engulfing the UK today, IAM RoadSmart looks at how drivers can best prepare for driving in heavy rain.

Two of the longest serving presenters of popular BBC motoring show Top Gear have been confirmed as panel guests for the IAM/IAM RoadSmart 60th anniversary car party on 9 July. And they will be joined by one of the organisation’s youngest representatives on the panel, who is just 18.

Nearly 50% of survey participants from the Mumsnet and Gransnet websites say they get more distracted with driving today than before.

Rally legend Paddy Hopkirk has taken and passed his IAM RoadSmart Advanced Driver Course for the second time – 27 years after he took it originally.

IAM RoadSmart has taken the wraps off its latest video advising of the consequences of drivers getting distracted behind the wheel of a car. The light hearted video stars former McLaren Formula 1 test driver and current Aston Martin GT racer Darren Turner.

Over the weekend, 68 11-17 year olds in Scotland got behind the wheel of a car well before reaching legal driving age, thanks to an event sponsored by twice former British Touring Car Champion John Cleland and hosted by IAM RoadSmart (formerly the Institute of Advanced Motorists).

IAM RoadSmart (formerly the Institute of Advanced Motorists) is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2016. Over the last 60 years more than 400,000 people have taken their skills to the next level and become advanced drivers or riders with the organisation.

Flexible training schedules and perceiving driver trainers as authoritative and knowledgeable are critical to fleet manager buying decisions, according to a report commissioned by IAM RoadSmart.

We launched the new IAM RoadSmart brand to the media and the public on Wednesday 27th April. In this video from the day hear the IAM RoadSmart team explain what these changes mean to our customers and members and how we can now better support the needs of all road users.

More than 65 per cent of motorists want to retain the right to drive even though driverless cars are coming, two new pieces of research released today have shown.