Calls on the Government to make changes to compulsory basic training (CBT)

A coalition of organisations is calling on the Government to make changes to compulsory basic training (CBT) for motorcycles to strengthen safety standards and reduce danger on roads. The current CBT for motorcycles and mopeds, which enables people as young as 17 to ride up to the national speed limit with L-plates after one day...

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Road death stats a tragedy for bikers

The latest road casualties data from the Department for Transport has highlighted how much work needs to be done to promote safer powered bike riding after it was revealed that 21 per cent of all fatalities were motorcyclists, despite riders covering only just over one per cent of all the road miles covered. Tragically, 354...

Dead Slow, the campaign with tips and advice on how to pass a horse safely

There can’t have been many people who weren’t impressed by the stunning sight of the massed ranks of horses parading through the streets of London for the King’s coronation. It was all the more impressive because we don’t see horses on the roads that often in our cities, and it’s only when you see them...

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National Motorcycle Safety Week

It’s tragic to know that while motorcycles make up only around 1% of road traffic, in 2021 they accounted for 20% of road fatalities and 12% of road casualties in Great Britain. To help change these statistics, the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC) held a National Motorcycle Safety Week from 3-9 April, with the main...

One in five UK roads could be undriveable within the next five years because of potholes, experts have claimed.

And while this is a major headache for cars and vans, it is potentially life threatening for motorcyclists. A survey in 2022 by MCN Compare found that one in five motorcyclists had had an accident or sustained damage to their bike as a result of hitting a pothole, and the Motorcycle Action Group’s own survey...

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Next phase on TfL’s 20mph plans “would help to make a large area of south London safer”

TfL has unveiled plans to introduce 65km of new 20mph speed limits later this year, a move it says will “make a real difference in cutting road danger”. The new speed limits would impact roads in a number of boroughs, including Greenwich, Kensington and Chelsea, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth, Merton, Bromley and Lambeth. TfL says their...

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Campaign to shine a light on motorcycle safety

This year’s National Motorcycle Safety Week will focus on bike maintenance and PPE in the context of the cost-of-living crisis. Organised by the National Fire Chiefs Council (NFCC), the event takes place between 3-9 April. Its objectives are: To raise awareness of risks and behaviours which can lead to motorcycle related fatal and serious injury...

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