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Three smart motorway safety targets have been met but fourth is missed

Three targets to boost smart motorway safety by the end of September have been met but a fourth continues to be missed. National Highways told the PA news agency that stopped vehicle detection (SVD) technology has been retrofitted to all smart ...

03 Oct 2022 at 15:58

Widow continues fight for justice over husband’s smart motorway death

A smart motorway campaigner whose husband died in a crash on the M1 has said she is determined to challenge a decision that National Highways will not face charges over his death. Claire Mercer was campaigning outside South Yorkshire Police ...

02 Mar 2022 at 13:55

Safety record of smart motorways revealed

Smart motorways without a hard shoulder have a poorer safety record than conventional motorways for crashes involving stopped vehicles, new figures suggest. People are twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured (KSI) in a stopped ...

12 May 2022 at 16:25

Radar tech to spot broken down cars added to 111 more miles of smart motorway

Radar technology to detect broken down vehicles has been retrofitted to 111 more miles of England’s smart motorways in the past year, Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said. The Cabinet minister told the Commons Transport Select ...

27 Apr 2022 at 14:25

Lack of hard shoulder contributed to woman’s smart motorway death, coroner says

The lack of a hard shoulder on a stretch of smart motorway contributed to the death of a grandmother after the car she was travelling in broke down and was hit by another vehicle, a coroner has ruled. Mother-of-five Nargis ...

09 Sept 2022 at 20:04

Classic car owners taking detours to avoid smart motorways

Classic car owners are taking detours to avoid smart motorways because they are “frightened” of being hit from behind while stopped in live lanes. Drivers of cars which are typically older than 25 years said motorways ...

28 Dec 2022 at 07:56

New safety technology on smart motorways in bid to make drivers ‘feel safe’

The installation of new safety equipment on smart motorways will be completed within the next five months to help ensure drivers “feel safe” on the roads. National Highways said it is on course to upgrade 95 cameras ...

12 May 2022 at 12:25

Only 13 extra smart motorway emergency areas are in place, MPs told

Only 13 of a planned 150 extra smart motorway emergency stopping areas (ERAs) have been installed, the boss of National Highways said. Chief executive Nick Harris told MPs he is “confident” that the remaining ERAs ...

24 Jan 2024 at 16:40

Rishi Sunak bans new smart motorways

The building of new smart motorways is being cancelled as Prime Minister Rishi Sunak acknowledged concerns about safety and cost. Fourteen planned smart motorways – including 11 that are already paused and three ...

15 Apr 2023 at 23:25

Smart motorway safety system fails after ‘unplanned outage’

A smart motorway safety system failed across much of England on Wednesday, National Highways has admitted. The Dynac system – which includes signs, signals and stopped vehicle detection technology – stopped ...

22 Feb 2023 at 14:24

Labour claims thousands of stranded drivers left undetected on smart motorways

An estimated 4,000 vehicle breakdowns a year on smart motorways are missed by “faulty technology”, Labour has claimed. Shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh said the “shocking” statistics show motorists ...

20 Apr 2023 at 11:47

Government: ‘It is too disruptive’ to reinstate smart motorway hard shoulders

Reinstating hard shoulders on existing smart motorways would be “too disruptive” and cost a “significant” amount, Downing Street has said. The Government is under pressure to bring back emergency lanes ...

17 Apr 2023 at 17:27

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