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Zero alcohol limit for young drivers hinted at by minister 28 Jan 2025

The road safety minister has said she is "not considering" introducing graduated licensing to help improve road safety but has hinted that newly qualified young drivers could face a zero alcohol limit
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Quarter of car occupant fatalities not wearing a seatbelt 29 Dec 2024

One in four car occupants killed in road crashes in 2023 were not wearing seatbelts, data suggests. Figures from the Department for Transport (DfT) show that of the 410 car occupants who died and f
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Autumn Budget 2024 reaction 30 Oct 2024

Tens of millions of drivers in the UK will welcome the continued freeze in fuel duty announced in the Budget today, says the RAC Foundation. The Budget document says: "The government will freeze
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Safe mobility for young people - a proposal 02 Oct 2024

The RAC Foundation has been involved with various organisations in exploring the case for adopting some form of licensing for newly qualified young drivers that would ease them more safely than is cur
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MOT data reveals extent of unroadworthy vehicles 18 Sep 2024

Almost ten million MOT tests ended in failure last year, more than a fifth of all those carried out. Thousands of those failed tests were taken by vehicles that had a dozen or more fail-worthy faul
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Plug-in vehicles on the road

Plug-in vehicles on the road
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Pump prices over time

Pump prices over time
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Pump prices by brand

Pump prices by brand
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Green Fleet Index

Green Fleet Index
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UK petrol and diesel consumption

UK petrol and diesel consumption
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Wholesale fuel prices v pump prices

Wholesale fuel prices v pump prices