A coroner has warned that smart motorways are putting lives at risk after a father was killed when a lorry ploughed into his car where there was no hard shoulder. Kevin O'Reilly, 58, from Coventry, ...

In 2006, National Highways (then known as Highways England) opened the first smart motorway, selecting the M42 in the midlands of England. Smart motorways promised to revolutionise motorway travel.

This video shares key motorway advice that police want every driver to understand. We cover common mistakes seen on UK ...

A year after the U.K. government halted the expansion of so-called "smart motorways," pressure is growing to reintroduce emergency hard shoulders on nearly 200 miles of national highways. A new BBC ...

Liz Truss says the UK’s experiment with smart motorways has failed and should be brought to an end. The frontrunner in the race to be the next prime minister made the comments in response to an ...

The building of all new smart motorways is being cancelled over cost and safety concerns, the government has announced. Some 14 planned schemes, including 11 already on pause and three set for ...

Claire Mercer is leading a fight to end “smart motorways” in the UK. Claire’s husband, Jason, was killed on a smart motorway on a section of the M1 near Sheffield, on June 7, 2019. Jason died along ...

Smart motorways have a vehicle breakdown rate nearly three times higher than conventional motorways, new figures show. National Highways statistics show 56% of breakdowns logged on England’s motorways ...