The Labour Party has been pressured by experts to scrap smart motorways entirely after new data found that they have a ...

Smart motorways have a vehicle breakdown rate nearly three times higher than conventional motorways, new figures show.

So how can we be confident in findings? ITV News Meridian measured the length of smart motorway refuge areas Credit: Source: Google Maps, Bluesky, Getmapping plc, Infoterra Ltd & Bluesky ...

Ever since smart motorways were introduced in the UK in 2006, they have proved highly controversial. The concept was brought in to create much-needed capacity on key parts of a congested road network.

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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.

The AA has joined campaigners in calling for all existing smart motorways to be scrapped. It comes as the Government announced on Sunday (April 16) that smart motorways will no longer be built in ...

We look at the best ways to stay safe while using smart motorways and examine what further changes are being called for Smart motorways have proved hugely controversial in the UK, due to concerns over ...

Rishi Sunak has announced that no new smart motorways will be built in the UK. The Telegraph has highlighted the safety concerns over the roads for years. Here is a timeline on the history of ...

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 ...

Smart motorways without a hard shoulder are three times more dangerous for broken-down cars than those that retain them, official figures have shown. New data has revealed that the rate of stopped ...

The building of new smart motorways in the UK is being cancelled over concerns about safety and cost, the government has said. There are 14 schemes, including 11 that had already been paused and three ...