Research adds weight to Highways Agency's case for trunk road safety investment

Hill: lower speed limits not the answer

The Highways Agency is trialling whether a new star rating system for the safety of the trunk road network can help it identify engineering measures to reduce road accident casualties.

The HA is trialling the Road Safety Foundation’s star rating system in its Area 4 covering Kent, Surrey, East and West Sussex.

News of the trial came as the Road Safety Foundation published an assessment of the safety of the HA’s 7,000km road network. The project, which was part-funded by the...

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