Enhancing safety on England's strategic road network - FleetPoint

Highways Magazine - ORR glosses over lack of progress on SRN safety

National Highways has so far only implemented half of the actions it promised last March to cut casualties on its network and remains likely to miss its safety target for the current roads period.

Enhancing safety on England's strategic road network - FleetPoint

Ensuring the safety of motorists on England’s Strategic Road Network (SRN), encompassing major motorways and A-roads, remains a paramount concern. Recent assessments indicate notable improvements in safety metrics; however, achieving the ambitious targets set by National Highways presents ongoing challenges. Current Safety Performance Recent data reveals a positive trend in road safety. Excluding the anomalous years of 2020 and 2021, which exper…

Lowest deaths ever recorded on England’s major roads, outside pandemic

Safety continues to improve on England’s motorways and major A-roads (the Strategic Road Network (SRN)) but National Highways is unlikely to meet an ambitious safety target set by government, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) said today (Thursday March 13) in its third annual assessment of safety on the SRN. Excluding 2020 and 2021, when there was significantly less traffic due to the pandemic, these latest figures show the fewest number of peop…

Safety continues to improve on England’s Strategic Road Network but National Highways unlikely to meet challenging target | Office of Rail and Road

Safety continues to improve on England’s Strategic Road Network but National Highways unlikely to meet challenging target Thu, 13/03/2025 - 10:01 13 March 2025 Cover Image Image Body Components National Highways must remain focussed on delivering the remaining actions in its plan to further close the gap to its safety targetNational Highways has now completed all the actions set out in the smart motorway action planThe road works to install…