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UK van mileage surges by 8%
- 28/06/2024
- Posted by: Alan Feldberg
- Category: News
New data from the Department for Transport has revealed that van mileage on UK roads has risen by 8% since the start of the pandemic. It found that light commercial vehicles travelled 58.2 billion miles in the year to the end of March, which is up from 57.6 billion miles during the previous 12 months and 53.7 [...] -
NAB discuss salvage with the DfT
- 12/11/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
The National Association of Bodyshops (NAB) met with Barry Sheerman, MP and chairman of the Parliamentary Advisory Council on Transport Safety, (PACTS) and Maria Ullah at the Department for Transport (DfT) to discuss their concerns surrounding motor vehicle salvage control and the risks it presents to the [...] -
Country roads ‘deadliest’ in Britain
- 26/10/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
Three people are killed on Britain's country roads every day, making them the deadliest roads nationwide. Figures released by the Department for Transport (DfT) reveal a total of 1,040 people were killed and 9,051 seriously injured on country roads last year. Some 348 of the fatalities recorded during the [...] -
The truth on electric vehicle ownership
- 14/08/2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: News
A new government report has realigned long-held beliefs about electric car ownership and usage patterns. Echoing points made by government and industry electric vehicle body Go Ultra Low, the Department for Transport (DfT) report, entitled ‘Uptake of Ultra Low Emission Vehicles in the UK’, draws on the research [...]