Drivers face hidden motorway danger as new HGV safety tests expose worrying flaws

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National Highways has launched a major investigation into a little-known motorway danger after new figures revealed the number of serious crashes involving Heavy Goods Vehicles.

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The organisation is working with road safety experts from across Europe, including Euro NCAP, to examine crashes where cars slam into the back of lorries on England's motorways and major A-roads.Sweden's transport authority and Germany's largest motoring organisation, ADAC, joined the project after raising similar concerns about these types of collisions.

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The research follows worrying new data showing that although HGVs made up just 10 per cent of traffic on England's strategic road network in 2024, they were involved in almost one in five crashes that caused death or serious injury.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Rear-end crashes were the most common type of HGV collision, making up 39 per cent of all incidents involving lorries.

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In total, there were 160 crashes last year where a car or smaller vehicle hit...

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