A recent BBC Panorama investigation has found that the equipment supporting England's smart highway network frequently malfunctions. According to data made available by the programme in response to ...

Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

Average speeds on Britain’s roads are at their slowest for almost a decade as a result of disruption caused by roadworks and smart motorways. Across the nation, speeds on motorways and major A-roads ...

Delays are growing across England’s road network, with the average delay now at 11.6 seconds per vehicle per mile, compared to free flow. That is a 5.5% increase on year ending June 2024, according to ...

The Transport Secretary said he wants smart motorways to be ‘the safest roads in Britain’ amid concerns over their design. Smart motorway crash statistics are to be analysed by the roads regulator ...

The widow of a man who was killed on a smart motorway is campaigning for the release of unpublished road evaluation reports. Jason Mercer, 44, was killed on the M1 near junction 34, Sheffield, where ...

After a series of high-profile fatal accidents, the U.K. Dept. for Transport has scrapped plans to roll out $1.2 billion worth of additional “smart motorways.” However, the government will retain the ...

More than 53,000 incidents of the mistake have been recorded in recent years, with thousands of UK drivers risking a £100 fine and three ...

The BBC’s documentary flagship Panorama, “Britain’s Killer Motorways?” revealed that 38 people have been killed on “smart motorways” in the last five years. This is the case although smart motorways ...