M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
Motorcyclists
"Great Roads Great Rides & Great Roads Great Rides 2"
England’s motorways and major A roads are among the safest in the world, but still far too many riders are coming to grief on the roads.
Biking is a great pastime and becoming increasingly popular. We want riders to enjoy using the strategic road network, and to do it safely.
"Great Roads Great Rides 2" is a new resource including a DVD film and interactive package. With clever filming techniques, it puts the viewer on the bike, inside the helmet and close to the road, and features a 14-minute ride-out from motorway on to urban and countryside roads. The DVD film features rider Glenn Julian, a RoSPA Diploma holder, who takes the viewer on his journey and delivers on-going observations as he rides, helping viewers to spot the clues from the road environment ahead.
Riders can then use the second section, offering an interactive challenge when the disc is used with a computer. Here the ride-out section freezes at specific points so the viewer can have a go at identifying the clues that they would use when reading the road ahead. When the viewer gets a highlighted clue right they score a point. There is also an option to display all useful hints and tips throughout the journey.
Film
The film is available for viewing on online at Public TV: Great Roads Great Rides 2 (Flash Player plugin required)
Download
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| Windows Media (WMV) | View (55.5MB) |
Transcript (Due to the fragmented nature of the filming used a transcript is not available. If this courses you any problems please e-mail: education@highways.gsi.gov.uk and we will do what we can to help).
"Great Roads, Great Rides" takes riders step by step through everything they need to know; from basic maintenance checks at the start of the season to riding out with a group. It looks at how to overtake and ride through bends safely so you don't get caught out and what to do if you're first on the scene of an accident involving another rider. (This DVD cannot be made available online for various reasons).
"Great Roads Great Rides" and "Great Roads Great Rides 2" are backed by the Academy and DSA.
The unique nature of both DVDs is that they have been written by bikers, for bikers and as such, are pro rider. It's like having your best mate alongside you every step of the way - and because they are DVDs, riders can go back and refer to them again and again.
To request a copy of either Great Roads Great Rides 1 or 2 please forward your request too ha_info@highways.gsi.gov.uk or call us on 08457 50 40 30 or 0121 335 8300
Shiny Side Up
We are also a partner on the Shiny Side Up campaign, supporting the 2-way respect between biker and other vehicles; each looking out for the other. You may see yellow posters, encouraging extra thought of other road users when out on rural roads.
Bike Guard
We are continuing to look at other safety measures for bikers and are actively promoting the use of BikeGuard (the metal panel attached to upright posts on the central reservation) to reduce serious injuries to bikers. We are also encouraging our engineers to think of 2-wheelers and not just 4-wheelers when making adjustments on our roads.
Police accident database figures for 2004 to 2007 Trends for the strategic trunk road network
- 1 in 15 accidents involved a Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) user, approximately 3 accidents per day
- 36% of Powered Two Wheeler (PTW) user casualties were killed or seriously injured
- 16% all males killed in all accidents on the Trunk Road Network were PTW users
- The power two wheeler KSI casualty rate is 35 times higher than cars
- 31% of PTW riders involved in accidents were 31 to 40 year olds
- 4.9 % of all casualties, motorcyclists are 30 times more likely to be killed or seriously injured than car occupants
- There were 37 adult fatalities in 2007
- There were 346 adults seriously injured in 2007
- One in four accidents involved no other vehicle
- Almost half of accidents involving a motorcyclist occurred at a junction
Key things for motorcyclists to think about:
- Kit
- Group riding
- Crash Scene management
- Foreign drivers
- Bike preparation at the start of the season
- Science behind the bike (comparing road bikes to track bikes)
- Security of your bike and kit
- Planning your ride
- Reading the road
- Keeping your licence
For more information please contact our HAIL line (08457 50 40 30).
Artwork
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- DVD Disc (1MB PDF)
- DVD Wrap (2.2MB PDF)
- DVD 1& 2 Wrap (2.3MB PDF)
- DVD Dispenser (1.8MB PDF)
- Checklist (297KB PDF)
- Poster 1 (1.5MB PDF)
- Poster 2 (505KB PDF)
- Poster 3 (345KB PDF)
Some of the artwork files are quite large and may take awhile to download on slower internet connections. If you have any problems downloading these files or require higher resolution versions of the posters please e-mail: education@highways.gsi.gov.uk
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- DVD Wrap (421KB PDF)
- DVD Cover (119KB PDF)
- DVD Label (271KB PDF)
- Poster (2.3MB PDF)
- T Shirt (48KB PDF)
