Published Tue, 22/03/2016 - 00:01
Published Sun, 20/03/2016 - 16:23
At least 13 people have been killed after a bus carrying foreign students crashed on a Spanish motorway between the cities of Barcelona and Valencia.
Most of the 57 people on board the bus were students on the Erasmus programme who were returning to Barcelona after a trip to a fireworks festival.
Footage from the scene shows a white-roofed coach lying on its side, surrounded by emergency vehicles.
The accident occurred near Freginals, 150km (93 miles) south of Barcelona.
Published Fri, 18/03/2016 - 12:47
Police officers across Europe and the world know very well the dangers of driving and using a phone. Whether the driver is hands-free or holding the phone the two operations do not go together and can have fatal consequences. We have, for many years, promoted and raised awareness of the #Fatal4
Published Tue, 15/03/2016 - 15:46
The reduction in the number of motoring offences over the past decade may be due to cuts in the number of specialist road police officers rather than an improvement in driving standards, MPs have claimed.
The total number of offences detected on roads in England and Wales more than halved from 4.3 million in 2004 to 1.6 million in 2013, the last year for which figures are available.
Published Tue, 15/03/2016 - 10:06
The new issue of the Newsletter from DG Move has been published.
The followeing topics are included:
Driver distraction: a growing phenomenon in recent years and it is becoming a major contributing factor in road crashes. With the installation of more and more devices in cars, and especially the increased use of mobile telephones while driving, the problem is likely to get worse.
