Newsroom
Click on the links below to access Brake’s news (most recent at the top.) You can also see Brake on TV by clicking here.
Journalists can contact Brake’s press room on 01484 559961, or news@brake.org.uk for quotes and interviews with Brake staff and with families affected by road death and injury. Journalists can also access case studies of road crashes by clicking here and statements by road crash victims by clicking here.
If you want news in your area or relating to your profession, scroll to the bottom for regional and specialist news and news archives.
Brake supports announcement of Urban Challenge Fund but calls for ring fenced funding for road safety - 10.03.10
Brake celebrates the adoption of a decade of action on road safety - 07.03.10
Brake comments on staggering success of new road safety viral - 01.03.10
Fresh calls for the Government to raise the age at which learner drivers can take their test - 24.02.10
Brake speaks out on shockingly low drug driving conviction rates - 23.02.10
Mary Williams OBE sets out Brake’s election manifesto - 15.02.10
Brake demands annual ‘fit to drive’ health check for over 70’s - 11.02.10
Brown gives tentative support to Central European Time - 08.02.10
Protest against 30-day limit for road crash memorials - 02.02.10
Driver disqualification in UK and Ireland now mutually recognised – Brake response - 28.01.10
Brake comment from chief executive Mary Williams OBE on EuroRAP report - 27.01.10
Fresh calls for government action on speed - 26.01.10
Road safety ‘Parliamentarian of the Year’ award winners announced - 20.01.10
Brake calls for action not words in speech in parliament - 20.01.10
Drivers scarily complacent about dangerous vehicles, says Brake and Direct Line - 15.01.10
Zak the Zebra gallops into Doune to demand a pedestrian crossing! - 15.01.10
Brake calls for ban on mini-motorbikes in open letter to Home Secretary - 04.01.09
Government announces proposed increase in dangerous driving penalty - Brake reaction - 23.12.09
Department for Transport speed limit guidance proposals - Brake reaction - 16.12.09
BBC publishes interactive guide and map to death on UK roads - 16.12.09
Handheld mobile phone use on rise - Brake reaction - 11.12.09
20mph limits save lives finds research - Brake reaction - 11.12.09
Download this cool song in aid of Brake - 6.12.09
Independent review on drink and drug driving announced by Government - Brake reaction - 03.12.09
It’s Road Safety Week! Visit our Road Safety Week website for news - 23.11.09
New book launched to support bereaved children: while survey finds 7 out of 10 schools crying out for help - 11.11.09
Radical overhaul of criminal justice system urged by Victims’ Champion - Brake reaction - 05.11.09
Communication, information, signposting: focus on improving services for road crash victims at Brake conference - 03.11.09
Public Accounts Committee calls for more spending on road safety - Brake reaction - 22.10.09
Drug drive law planned by Government - Brake reaction - 22.10.09
Brake chief executive calls road deaths one of society’s biggest social ills - 21.10.09
Ireland plans to reduce drink-drive limit to 50mg leaving Britain behind the rest of Europe - 20.10.09
Tory speed camera announcement - Brake reaction - 06.10.09
Casualty figures show injuries three times higher than previously reported – Brake reaction - 01.10.09
National Victims Service - Brake reaction - 29.09.09
Norman Baker MP wins Brake’s ‘Parliamentarian of the Month’ award - 15.09.09
You’d be off your head not to check your head restraint, warns Brake and Direct Line research - 26.08.09
Department for Transport Drug Driving campaign - Brake reaction - 17.08.09
Drivers want tougher driving tests and curfews on new drivers, finds Brake research - 09.07.09
Men much more likely to speed, finds Brake research - 03.04.09
Gordon Prentice MP and Linda Riordan MP named Parliamentarians of the Year by Brake - 21.01.09
17-year-old Toby Cope named as volunteer of the year by Brake - 21.01.09
Young drivers think they’ll get away with it, warns Brake research - 26.12.08
Bereaved mothers’ brave speeches to Brake conference welcomed by police Family Liaison Officers - 27.11.08
Government’s road safety compliance consultation - Brake response - 20.11.08
Stop, imagine, change: Road Safety Week launched by Brake - 12.11.08
Road Safety Week nationwide survey of child safety released by Brake - 12.11.08
Facts about road deaths and injuries released by Brake - 12.11.08
Transport Select Committee road safety report - Brake reaction - 29.10.08
Swindon Council scraps speed cameras - Brake reaction - 23.10.08
Department for Transport Road Casualties Great Britain report released - Brake reaction - 28.09.08
Sentencing guidelines announced - Brake reaction - 31.08.08
Drink drive figures released - Brake reaction - 07.08.08
Brake press releases issued to UK regions
Brake press releases for professionals (fleet managers, road safety professionals, educators, and victim support workers)
Archived road safety news monitor
Archived Brake press releases
