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England’s motorways and major A-roads are some of the safest in the world, but our ambition remains that no one should be harmed while travelling or working on our roads.   Everything that we do in managing and improving safety on our network is working towards our Road to Zero Harm ambition.    In the financial year 2025-26, we'll be using Designated Funds to deliver safety enhancements on the strategic road network to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on our roads.  We…

GG 104 sets out the framework for managing safety risks for customers, workers or other parties. What is GG 104? GG 104 sets out the framework for managing safety risks for all populations affected by an activity. An activity is something that does or can have an impact on the safety of our customers, workers or other parties, either directly or indirectly. In a nutshell, GG 104 requires us to think about the consequences of our actions and manage these in accordance with our imperatives, dele…

What's happening In this section We’ve introduced improvements to The Highway Code so drivers can more easily find information on how to drive on high-speed roads, including smart motorways. The update includes: clearer advice on where to stop in an emergency the importance of not driving in a lane closed by a Red X the use of variable speed limits to manage congestion updated guidance on key factors that contribute to safety-related incidents, including driving while tired, unroadworthy …

Route strategies are a rolling programme setting out our plan for the strategic road network (SRN). They're a key research element underpinning the Road Investment Strategy (RIS), which informs the process of future road investment We've published our Route Strategies Initial Overview Reports In 2022, we asked you to give us feedback about your experience of our strategic road network. We've used the information you gave us to produce 20 Route Strategy Initial Overview Reports. These reports…

Published 24 Jan 2024 Technology is rapidly influencing the transport sector. We know we need to keep innovating to improve experiences on the road, while getting people where they need to be, safely and reliably. Share this article Through our Designated Funds Innovation and Modernisation fund, we’re looking to revolutionise the way we take care of bridges and other structures by hunting out new and innovative ways that would spot potential defects sooner. One of the greatest threats to bri…

Published 08 Nov 2024 Ahead of Remembrance Sunday, we've re-enforced our commitment to supporting veterans and reservists and their families. Share this article We recently took part in a ceremony to re-sign the Covenant, where we were joined by our Chief Digital and Information Officer Richard Pedley, Air Commodore Adam Sansom and members of our Armed Forces Network. We provide a supportive route into a civilian career for ex-services personnel. We appreciate the unique set of skills and e…

When you see a fixed speed limit sign on our roads, together with 'Average speed check', this means that vehicles exceeding that speed limit are detected by average speed enforcement cameras. Provided by us, these cameras work by calculating the time taken for a vehicle to travel over a certain distance. (Other types of speed detection cameras simply calculate the speed of a vehicle as it passes a specific point). Our average speed enforcement camera are painted yellow. They are equipped with …

Research and innovation will help us deliver our net zero targets Share this article Over this week, we’ve shown: some of the innovations that will put roads at the heart of a net zero Britain the creativity, hard work and partnerships that are making it happen Lower carbon materials Asphalt is one of the key materials we use. It's used for road surfacing on over 96% of our network. Asphalt contributes around 15% to our total construction and maintenance emissions. Finding lower carbon ma…

This privacy notice sits beneath our top level privacy notice and provides information about how personal data is used with regards to CCTV operated on the motorways and major roads of England (commonly known as the Strategic Road Network), including those fitted into Traffic Officer vehicles. Please see the main privacy statement for details on your rights and who to contact about use of personal data. What personal data do we collect and handle? Our CCTV is not designed to capture personal …

We're improving the A245 along with the Painshill roundabout and Seven Hills Road junction. In this section Our improvements We're making these changes to improve your journeys by: adding an extra third lane on the A245 westbound approaching Seven Hills Road junction from the roundabout creating an extra lane for eastbound traffic entering Painshill roundabout adjusting traffic lights at Seven Hills Road to improve traffic flow and turning options installing new pedestrian crossings at th…