Press releases

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.

The 2020 schedule for IAM RoadSmart’s ever-popular Skills Days has been announced. They are the perfect way to sharpen up driving or riding skills in your own car or motorbike at top circuits around the UK.

As we approach the Yuletide period, IAM RoadSmart has the perfect Christmas gift for the car or motorbike enthusiast in your life – the IAM RoadSmart advanced course, wrapped in a seasonal presentation box.

As part of IAM RoadSmart’s campaign to raise awareness of the challenges faced by older drivers, the charity is offering the chance to win an exclusive lunch at Silverstone Circuit with renowned rally and racing driver Paddy Hopkirk MBE.

The decision to adopt EU road safety rules after Brexit and make it mandatory for new cars to be fitted with breathalysers and voluntary speed limiters by 2022 in the UK has been given the thumbs-up by IAM RoadSmart.

IAM RoadSmart is calling for an urgent debate on the best way to keep drivers safely behind the wheel into old age, in light of government figures that predict a four-fold increase in the number of drivers over 75 in the next 25 years.

IAM RoadSmart has appointed Derek McMullan as its new Chairman with immediate effect following his 18 years’ involvement with the charity and long-standing support for the organisation at a senior level.

With a General Election on its way and all the political parties finalising their manifestos, IAM RoadSmart is calling for politicians to put post-test training and human behaviour at the heart of the road safety debate in the next Parliament.

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has announced it will be exhibiting at Motorcycle Live – the country’s biggest motorcycle show - for the fourth year running.

The UK’s biggest independent road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has welcomed the government’s decision to close a legal loophole which allowed drivers to not be prosecuted for using a mobile to film or take photos.

IAM RoadSmart is increasingly concerned that disruption to government, in part caused by Brexit, has forced road deaths down the political agenda, as the latest road crash statistics issued today (26 September) show no real change in recent years.

British Touring Car star Colin Turkington has added another string to his impressive bow, as he has achieved a F1RST - the highest rating possible - in IAM RoadSmart’s much respected Advanced Driver Course.

Road safety charity IAM RoadSmart has called for the issue of deaths of young people in car crashes to be given equal attention to knife crime and drugs in government plans.