Disabled Driver Questionnaire
We want to produce a driver information programme for our disabled customers. To help us produce the best possible guidance, please take a few minutes to fill in our questionnaire.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Lane Hog!
John Stapleton looks into why people Lane Hog and what effects it has on the driver hogging the lane and other road users.
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
Bag it! and Bin it!
Bag it! and Bin it!
Millions of pieces of litter are dropped alongside our roads – to put it into perspective here are some examples from across England:
- Along a six mile stretch of the M3 motorway near London (between Junctions 1 and 2), our workers collected 189 refuse bags of litter in one night during planned maintenance work. This was around a tonne of rubbish.
- On 34 miles of the M1 between junction 24 and junction 30 in the East Midlands, roughly 2500 refuse bags of litter are collected each year.
- In the North West, in the first six months of this year, just over 32,100 refuse bags of rubbish were collected from Highways Agency roads.
Litter on our motorways and major A roads is not just unsightly, it’s an environmental problem too – it can cause problems for wildlife and block drains. Litter can be hazardous too, for example litter thrown from a car window could hit a windscreen or cause people to swerve to avoid it.
However, from our National Road User Satisfaction Survey last year, we know that people care about the removal of litter - respondents gave a score of 8.5 on a scale of 1 to 10 when asked about the importance of keeping motorways clear of litter. Clearing litter from our roads puts road workers at risk, and costs money which is better spent on road maintenance and repairs.
To help reduce the amount of litter routinely dropped alongside our roads, we want people to dispose of litter correctly and not throw it out of their vehicle window or leave it in a lay-by.
A simple solution is to keep a bag in your vehicle to store rubbish until you can dispose of it properly. That’s why in August we are giving away our “Bag it! and Bin it!” litter bags (pictured) to help you help us keep our roads free of rubbish.
Our “Bag it! and Bin it!” campaign against roadside litter is backed by the RAC Foundation for Motoring and the IAM Motoring Trust.
