Safety, Health and Environment Regulatory Motor Crime Team's Transport and Logistics Update May 2021

In our May motor crime update we provide market insight into the key developments over the last month and the current challenges faced, including:

• Smart motorways evidence shows worse safety record;
• Older drivers face greater restrictions;
• Government announces extra funding for zero-emission buses;
• Councils fail to resurface dangerous potholes;
• Death by dangerous driving conviction appealed as too lenient;
• Driving tests resume the UK;
• Hit and run driver’s sentenced increased;
• E-scooters used in perpetrating crime; and
• New media guidelines for road collisions.

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Authors: Kate Hargan, Senior Associate, and Luisa Lister, Professional Support Lawyer