New figures from the Department for Transport have revealed that 1,792 people were killed in reported road traffic accidents across Britain in 2016. 

The issue of road safety has been very much in the spotlight recently, with a number of organisations highlighting the steps that drivers can take to reduce the likelihood of accident and injury.

The European Commission has been urged to bring forward as a matter of priority new minimum safety standards for new cars, vans and trucks, after years of delays.

Programming a sat-nav while driving is the most dangerous and deadly distraction for drivers, according to a recent study.

Speeding is still an ongoing problem in the UK and across the world and the resulting road traffic accidents cause untold suffering.