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Traffic police numbers across Great Britain have been cut by 12% in five years, with some forces suffering 30-40% reductions, according to data released today by road safety charity Brake and webuyanycar.com.

Latest advances in capturing data on brain activity and eye movement are being combined to open up a host of ‘mindreading’ possibilities, including the potential development of a system that can detect when drivers are in danger of falling asleep at the wheel.

Selsia Vehicle Accident Centres has introduced SelsiaCentral, a bespoke online repair estimating service which it believes will bring substantial efficiencies and cost savings for companies operating fleets of vans.

Fleets are set to play a key role in reducing crashes on London’s roads, according to the capital’s newly published safety plan.

Companies that categorise their drivers as being high risk, simply due to the number of miles they cover each year, the type of car they drive or the number of points on their licence should think again, according to E-Training World.

Specsavers Corporate Eyecare has launched and online eyecare voucher system to help cut administration for customers.

Days Contract Hire has teamed up with tyre firm Michelin to launch a safety kit giveaway for fleet customers.

AA Driving School and BSM will now include a new section on bike awareness and driving safely around cyclists, developed with input from the cycling community.

Many businesses with company vans are not following the most basic of steps to protect themselves against potential prosecution in the event of an accident, according to AXA Business Insurance.

The Parliamentary Advisory Council for Transport Safety (PACTS) has welcomed the Transport Select Committee’s agreement to hold an inquiry into the safety of the UK’s 8,000 level crossings.

MITIE, the FTSE 250 strategic outsourcing company, has launched a fully mobile car simulator to better train its 3,000 fleet drivers.

Government plans to raise the motorway speed limit from 70mph to 80mph look to have been consigned to the scrapheap with road safety being given a greater priority by the current transport secretary.

The number of fatal and serious collisions fell by more than a quarter (27%) on average after the installation of 551 fixed speed cameras in nine areas, analysis suggests.

Brake, the road safety charity, last night announced the winners of its 2013 Fleet Safety Awards.

The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (Rospa) has presented occupational health and safety awards to 140 firms in the transport, storage and distribution sector.

The driving public - including under-25s - has spoken out in favour of a minimum learning to drive period to tackle young driver crashes.

The Government has vowed to crackdown on drivers that flout the law by handing out stiffer penalties to motorists who speed or use a mobile phone while driving.

Every area is to have a dedicated ‘Traffic Court’ to deal with low-level road traffic offences, justice minister Damian Green said today.

Romex World has developed a new Driver Distraction Prevention (DDP) application which can be installed on to employees’ telephones.

A survey of 1,000 new car buyers in the UK has revealed that 96.5% of consumers believe that new accident prevention technologies will make driving safer, with almost 40% saying the technologies would improve safety considerably.

A survey from the AA has found that 30% of motorists have experienced damage to their vehicles due to poor road surfaces.

Arval has scheduled a number of activities to support the United Nations Global Road Safety Week, which takes place from May 6 to 12, 2013.

Drink-drive rules involving the most serious offenders are to be tightened up.

Mark Forrest, managing director, Trimble Field Service Management, on why duty of care is so important for fleets.

Brake, the road safety charity, is urging fleet managers to sign up for a vital seminar on blind spots and manoeuvring.

More than a third (38%) of 18-24 year olds think driving under the influence of drugs is more unacceptable than driving under the influence of alcohol, a survey suggests.

More than 8,000 UK drivers are still driving despite having 12 or more points on their licence, according to a freedom of information request to the DVLA.

One in ten UK drivers admit they have fallen asleep at the wheel of their vehicle and a further one in four said they had felt drowsy enough to fall asleep whilst driving, a survey suggests.

Navevo has launched the ProNav HGV Cyclist Alert, which is supplied as standard on the new ProNav PNN420 sat nav for HGV drivers and soon to be rolled out across all current ProNav systems.

E-Training World has launched a pair of new web-based courses designed to combat two of the most frequent causes of damage to company cars - rear-end collisions and accidents in car parks.

Brake is urging companies in the South West to improve the safety of their drivers by attending a training course on Tuesday 23 April 2013 to help them to spread road safety messages.

Interactive Driving Systems is issuing advice to company car and van drivers on how to minimise the risks from jet-lag fatigue.

More than half of motorists (56%) think that smoking while driving should be banned, according to a survey by the Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM). However, almost half of respondents (45%) think that such a ban would be unenforceable.

DriveSafe has welcomed new Government proposals to improve the safety of young drivers.

Men are being urged to use their head and not lose it at the wheel, as a survey out today by Brake and Direct Line reveals almost one in four (24%) risk catastrophic head-on crashes by overtaking blind, while more than four in 10 (44%) admit speeding at 60mph-plus on rural roads.

Accident Exchange has extended its partnership with the Eastern Western Motor Group of dealers and accident repair centres in Scotland.

Brake is encouraging fleet operators and suppliers to book now to attend its annual Fleet Safety Conference at the St John's Hotel, Solihull, Birmingham, on Thursday, June 13.

Tony Rand, managing director, Vamco, on the action the accident management industry needs to take now.

Employers believe company insurance premiums should go down if they can prove their employees have recently passed a full eye examination and sight test.

Previously unpublished data from the annual Labour Force Survey shows that in 2011 an estimated 73,000 people were seriously or slightly hurt in accidents while travelling on company business.