Highways Agency urging greater care at workzones

The UK Highways Agency is urging drivers to take extra care at roadworks. This moveis intended to reduce deaths and injuries among roadworkers and road users. The issue of safety in workzones is a serious one and has been highlighted in other European countries as well as in the US. Highways Agency research shows that over 80% of UK drivers say that their driving changes at roadworks, including slowing down and being more careful and attentive.
May 8, 2012 Read time: 1 min
The 1441 UK Highways Agency is urging drivers to take extra care at roadworks. This move is intended to reduce deaths and injuries among roadworkers and road users.

The issue of safety in workzones is a serious one and has been highlighted in other European countries as well as in the US. Highways Agency research shows that over 80% of UK drivers say that their driving changes at roadworks, including slowing down and being more careful and attentive.

Between 2005 and 2010, nine road workers were killed and 10 seriously injured while working on England's motorways and major A-roads as a direct result of accidents involving drivers travelling through works. Over the same period seven drivers and three passengers were reported to have been killed while driving through road works.

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