Making roads safer

Work, schemes, standards, investments and improvements to make roads safer.

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Guidance and regulation

• CCTV and recording devices for traffic offences: list of certifications granted
  • Guidance
  • 15 November 2024
  • Department for Transport and Vehicle Certification Agency
• Traffic enforcement equipment certification guidance for local councils
  • Guidance
  • 22 December 2022
  • Department for Transport
• Lessons learned from extreme-weather emergencies on UK highways
  • Guidance
  • 15 November 2021
  • Department for Transport
• Attaching snow ploughs to vehicles
  • Guidance
  • 19 November 2013
  • Department for Transport
• Major Projects’ instructions for the 'Raising the Bar' health and safety initiative
  • Guidance
  • 12 February 2014
  • Closed organisation: Highways England

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News and communications

• Transport Secretary visits Hampshire as record funding boost for resurfacing hits the road
  • 16 May 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• £38 million boost for safer roads across England
  • 19 March 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Government launches review of DVLA to strengthen agency for the future
  • 25 July 2023
  • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency
  • News story
• New street works regime to clamp down on pothole pain
  • 31 March 2023
  • Department for Transport
  • News story
• Levelling up travel in Northolt with over £7 million funding
  • 17 January 2023
  • Closed organisation: Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
  • Case study

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Research and statistics

• Safer Road Fund process evaluation
  • 13 June 2018
  • Department for Transport
  • Research
• How bollards affect crowd movement
  • 15 November 2016
  • Department for Transport
  • Research

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Policy papers and consultations

• Allowing learner drivers to have driving lessons on motorways
  • 13 August 2017
  • Department for Transport and Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
  • Consultation outcome
  • Date closed 17 February 2017
• Reviewing personal safety measures on streets in England: call for evidence
  • 27 August 2021
  • Department for Transport
  • Call for evidence outcome
• Road safety statement 2019: a lifetime of road safety
  • 19 July 2019
  • Department for Transport, Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency, and Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Policy paper
• Draft Road Investment Strategy 2: government objectives
  • 29 October 2018
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper
• Strategic framework for road safety
  • 7 October 2013
  • Department for Transport
  • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

• Traffic Signal Obsolescence Grant and Green Light Fund allocations
  • 20 March 2024
  • Department for Transport
  • Transparency
• National Highways: Reported road casualties on the strategic road network
  • 27 September 2023
  • National Highways
  • Corporate report
• Smart Motorways and POPE studies
  • 15 June 2021
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• Appraisal Summary Table for A38 Derby Junctions
  • 19 November 2020
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Foi release
• The strategic road network star rating report
  • 4 July 2019
  • Closed organisation: Highways England
  • Corporate report

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Organisations

• Department for Transport
• Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
• Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
• Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles

• High Speed Two (HS2) Limited