Press releases

IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, has welcomed the enforcement of rules to raise driver visibility standards in lorries to reduce incidents caused by blind spots.

New challenge from Automotive charity, Ben. More details on the exciting new active challenge, Move4Ben, which starts on 1st June, can be found here. The charity raise vital funds and inspire people to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.

A new study by IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, has exposed the underlying hardships faced by working drivers that were already prevalent before the pandemic and are now likely to worsen.

92,000 motorists are at risk of losing their driving licence with just one more motoring offence resulting in a ban, a Freedom of Information request to DVLA* by IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, reveals.

IAM RoadSmart has previously given a cautious welcome to the government’s plans to improve the safety of smart motorways. We support the earlier introduction of stopped vehicle technology (SVD) and more frequent refuges but also point out the need for better education and information for smart motorway users.

IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, has today announced the dates for its 2021 programme of popular Skills Days, which allow drivers and motorcyclists the chance to learn valuable handling skills from qualified instructors while driving their own cars or riding their own motorcycles on a race circuit.

A new web poll on smart motorways from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed that the majority of respondents (85 per cent) want a halt on their construction until the safety case is fully proven.

An expert report issued today, is urging the UK Government to implement an alcolock programme without delay to help reduce the number of drink drive related incidents.

A study from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed that 60% of motorists consider the growing ability of vehicles to drive themselves as a serious threat to road safety.

The UK’s largest independent road safety charity is urging the police to take notice of UK motorists who are calling for them to better utilise equipment already available for speed detection to ensure vehicles have valid insurance, MOT and Vehicle Excise Duty (often referred to as road tax).

Derek McMullan has retired as Chairman of IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, to be succeeded by Stuart Donald QPM.

The Scottish Road Safety Framework announced today, with input from IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, has set the goal of having the best road safety performance in the world by 2030.

New research from the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has revealed some positive long-term trends in relation to speeding behaviour in the UK with motorists now considering it less acceptable to speed than they did five years ago.

New research conducted by IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, has found overwhelming support for a 12-month minimum learning period for new drivers before they are allowed to take the practical driving test.

Potholes are perceived by motorists to be a much more significant concern on the road than they were three years ago, overtaking texting and drink driving as a worsening problem according to the findings of a new report from the UK’s largest road safety charity.

More than 190 fleet and grey fleet drivers from Northern Powergrid have taken up their employer’s offer of an Advanced Driver course in 2020, provided by the UK’s largest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart.

Figures released today from the Department for Transport have revealed that UK traffic collisions in the 12 months up to June 2020 are down 16 per cent and road deaths have reduced by 14 per cent compared to the equivalent period in the preceding year.

Vehicle manufacturers, dealerships, DVSA (Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency) and driving instructors should include a comprehensive lesson for motorists on how to use advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) so they are a road safety benefit and not a potential hazard, says IAM RoadSmart.

IAM RoadSmart is warning motorists of the severe financial penalty they could face as the consequence of a drink drive conviction. The charity has calculated that the personal financial cost of drink driving could be as high as £70,000 or more when taking into account fines, legal fees, higher car insurance premiums, alternative transport costs and potential loss of earnings following conviction.

We are calling for a targeted and local approach to combat pavement parking. It comes as the DFT consultation entitled ‘Pavement parking: options for change’ has recently finished, with a summary of responses due to be published within three months.