Press releases

A blanket ban on pavement parking could lead to a need for thousands of new car parking spaces that towns and cities are simply not equipped to provide, warns IAM RoadSmart.

The long awaited ‘swift review’ of smart motorways has shown that these new types of motorway are safer than traditional motorways in most ways, but not all.

IAM RoadSmart has strongly welcomed today’s (11 March) £2.5 billion shot-in-the-arm for filling the huge backlog of potholes - but warns a long-term plan is urgently needed to cure the problem for good.

IAM RoadSmart has teamed up with British Touring Car champions Colin Turkington and Andrew Jordan to create two special Skills Day events that are a must for motorsport fans.

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, IAM RoadSmart, has appointed four new trustees keen to use their wealth of knowledge and experience to help the organisation make UK roads even safer.

IAM RoadSmart is preparing for an electric future by developing a programme of electric vehicle ‘training for trainers’ days. IAM RoadSmart plans to offer all group officials and observers detailed sessions to help them understand the differences between electric vehicles and petrol, diesel and hybrid cars.

IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, welcomes the move to replace written scenarios in the theory part of the driving test with video clips, saying it is an important step forward for road safety.

With Storm Dennis arriving and seemingly staying around, we are experiencing massively changeable driving conditions this week. As a motorist, do you know what to do or how to cope? IAM RoadSmart is here to help.

IAM RoadSmart is once again disappointed at yet another year of stagnation in the annual drink-drive statistics announced today (12 February) saying the ‘hardcore’ of persistent drink-drivers are still not getting the message.

Valentine’s Day comes but once a year and this year IAM RoadSmart has asked its members to share their love stories to inspire others to take up advanced driving and riding.

IAM RoadSmart has appointed two new key account managers, Victoria Corbit and Daniel Zimber, to support the launch of some new and improved business products coming up soon in 2020.

IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, has welcomed reports that the Government intends to halt all smart motorway building – stating they must be guaranteed safe before any further public money is invested in them.

With reports of a Government consultation on legalisation for e-scooters imminent, IAM RoadSmart has warned that the rise in the use of electric scooters alongside vehicles on our roads and pedestrians on our pavements is bad news for road safety.

IAM RoadSmart, the UK’s biggest independent road safety charity, has achieved the Investors in People accolade at silver level – which is achieved by only a fifth of companies the organisation assesses.

Blue Monday, the day people claim is the most depressing one of the year, is next Monday, 20 January. But IAM RoadSmart has come up with a great reason to smile – everyone booking one of our advanced driver and rider courses on Monday will receive a warm and cosy IAM RoadSmart fleece absolutely free!

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart and Mitsubishi Motors in the UK have joined forces to produce a series of videos to give motorists their best winter driving advice in a short, easy-to-digest form. ​

With Storm Brendan set to hit parts of the UK later today and warnings of travel disruption, IAM RoadSmart has prepared some useful hints on how to stay safe if you are driving.

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has warned that with many schools restarting this week, drivers need to be on full alert for distracted schoolchildren enjoying their new smartphones.

With only a few shopping days to go, if you haven’t started buying for the car or bike enthusiast in your life IAM RoadSmart has the perfect last-minute solution.

Urgent action is needed to tackle the stagnation in the number of people killed or injured in collisions involving drivers working or travelling on business, according to IAM RoadSmart.