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🚛 New Report: The Hidden Diabetes Crisis in UK Road Transport Thousands of commercial drivers may be unknowingly living with type 2 diabetes — posing risks not only to their health but to road safety nationwide. PACTS is pleased to support the launch of “Hiding in Plain Sight”, a new report by the Diabetes Safety Organisation and Driving for Better Business, calling for urgent action to tackle diabetes risks in commercial driving. The report outlines practical steps for making UK transport a “diabetes safe” sector — including routine risk assessments, employer education, and cross-government support. 🗂️ Read the full report: lnkd.in/dvwS9jzw #TransportSafety #DriverHealth #RoadSafety #DiabetesAwareness #DfBB #PACTS #WorkplaceWellbeing #LogisticsSafety

@PaulCliftonBBC End of an era! Enjoy retirement Paul

Big moment for me: after 38 years, my final day at the BBC. I've spent more than half my life as transport correspondent, and it has rarely felt like working. Travelled the world, won the prizes, worked with the best in the business, met amazing people. But now I'm off.

🚦 New Report from PACTS: Bridging the Gaps in Road Fatality Investigations 🚦 Every day, road fatalities occur across the UK, yet the current approach to investigating these tragedies is fragmented and inconsistent. Unlike air, rail, and maritime transport, road deaths lack a dedicated investigation branch—leaving critical lessons unlearned and preventable tragedies unaddressed. Our latest report highlights the systemic issues in how the UK handles road fatalities and puts forward actionable recommendations to close these gaps. Key proposals include: Establishing a dedicated road safety investigation branch. Providing coroners with Safe System training to improve Prevention of Future Deaths (PFD) reports. Strengthening stakeholder collaboration to take meaningful, proactive safety actions. By addressing these shortcomings, the UK can make significant progress toward achieving Vision Zero—a future with no deaths or serious injuries on our roads. 📊 Check out the full report and join us in driving change:Learning From Road Fatalities to Save Lives - PACTS #RoadSafety #VisionZero #TransportPolicy #SafeSystem

Appalling service from @BootsOpticsLinc - technician twisted my head while having an eye test damaging my neck, which is still in pain two weeks later - and still don't have the glasses I paid a fortune for - no apology. Noticed any competition lately..?

Nothing new, says Dr Ian Greenwood @NewsfromTRL @PACTS @UKROEd and yet still politicians won’t take action

Drink-drive deaths hit level of the 1980s thetimes.com/article/b1b9e9…

“This government will deliver an updated strategic framework for road safety — the first in over a decade — to reduce tragic deaths and injuries on our roads, and we’re tackling drink driving by encouraging behaviour change through our longstanding Think! campaign.” DfT @PACTS

Perfectly expressed @ian_m_greenwood @PACTS @LouHaigh @LilianGreenwood

@LouHaigh @LilianGreenwood @PACTS has a superb way to ‘move fast and fix’ road deaths and serious injuries with its manifesto pacts.org.uk/15769-2/?hilit…. Just four actions that have the overwhelming support of 100 organisations

@LouHaigh: @PACTS and the key leaders in road safety welcome your appointment and offer a decisive 4 point solution that will cut deaths and serious injuries and reduce the burden on @NHSEngland

@LouHaigh welcome as new SoS for Transport. When Labour were last in power their leadership had the effect of halving the number of road deaths per year. 4 key actions - simple to enact - get the backing of 100 organisations. Look forward to working it. pacts.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Media attention on graduated driver licensing trends to focus on the risks and restrictions around the young driver … but it’s about the risk to ALL road users says @ian_m_greenwood @PACTS

Lives are being lost and permanently damaged by a failure in UK political leadership in adopting vehicle safety regulations says @JessDTruong @PACTS

We need a return to evidence based transport policy says @DavidDjward @TowardsZeroFdn at @PACTS event with @JessDTruong @rcuerden_trl and @NaranMeera

Welcome to @OxfdPedestrians - signed the joint manifesto to address deaths and serious injuries on our roads.

Join us at 'Road Safety Leadership: An Agenda for the UK' as we discuss the key policy priorities and set out an agenda for road safety action for the next UK government. This event, hosted by PACTS and @TowardsZeroFdn is open to all. Register here: pacts.org.uk/events/road-sa…

Important for anyone who has signed up to @PACTS Manifesto

@AlPinkerton endorsement from the mighty @campbellclaret while @EJ_McGuinness shoots himself in both feet.

Today, we passed a grim and shaming milestone: 500,000 people have died on the roads in Great Britain since records began in 1926. In the same period, in context, there have been c375,000 UK citizen deaths due to warfare since 1926 – which includes WWII.

This. On the same day (some of) the media goes into meltdown over dangerous cycling