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Unchanged road death stats related to not wearing seatbelts requires education campaign, says the AA

Published 28 September 2023
By Matt Robinson
The head of the AA has called for a 'concerted and targeted' education campaign to get drivers in Great Britain to wear their seatbelts.
FaceApp reveals how F1 drivers who died before their time might have looked in old age - Gilles Villeneuve

Deceased F1 drivers given FaceApp old filter

What if — or rather, if only — F1 drivers killed in accidents had survived to old age? A new app gives us a glimpse of what might have been.
Published 19 July 2019
After Uber's fatal crash, will driverless cars ever become a reality?

Will driverless cars ever become a reality?

Nick Rufford looks at how pedestrian death involving a modified self-driving Volvo has slammed the brakes on the autonomous vehicle dream.
Published 04 April 2018
Arizona police release shocking dash cam video of the Uber self-driving car fatal crash

Police release video of self-driving Uber crash

This is the moment a self-driving Uber Volvo XC90 struck Elaine Herzberg as she was pushing her bicycle across the road in Tempe, Arizona.
Published 22 March 2018
Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Sharp increase in drink-drive casualties

Ministers are under pressure to cut the drink-drive limit after figures showed that the number of people killed or injured in alcohol-related...
Published 15 February 2018
Jeremy Clarkson: ban buses or bicycles to reduce road deaths

Jeremy Clarkson: ban buses or bicycles

Jeremy Clarkson has proposed banning either buses or bicycles in order to reduce the number of deaths and injuries on Britain's roads.
Published 18 November 2017
Grieving fiancée releases footage of partner's fatal motorcycle crash

Fiancée releases footage of fatal bike crash

The fiancée of a man who died after his motorcycle collided with a car has released the accident footage in an effort to prevent similar...
Published 26 May 2017
Friends died of gas poisoning in customised car

Friends died of gas poisoning in customised car

Two friends died from carbon monoxide poisoning after sitting in a car that had been modified in a fatal manner, an inquest was told...
Published 29 March 2017