A Freedom of Information request has revealed that drivers are four times more likely to break down on a smart motorway.

A Mercedes crashed into the vehicle in which Nargis Begum had been travelling on the M1 in South Yorkshire, and the impact ...

A total of 153 drivers passed by a stopped car on the motorway without calling the authorities before a horror crash led to ...

A tragic accident on a smart motorway has left a family shattered, raising urgent questions about road safety and the human ...

Smart motorways have a vehicle breakdown rate nearly three times higher than conventional motorways, new figures show. National Highways statistics show 56% of breakdowns logged on England’s ...

Smart motorways are “controversial with many Tory members”, said The Independent, who are concerned that they “increase the risk of accidents”.

September 2006 - Government begins experimenting with smart motorways forebearer. The concept of the Dynamic Hard Shoulder (DHS) motorway was born, when the Highways Agency deactivated the hard ...

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 ...

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 ...

When smart motorways were first discussed, emergency refuge areas for conked-out cars were to be every 400 metres. By the time these motorways became a reality, refuges were up to one and a half ...

But there are still many miles of smart motorway already in place across the UK, with around 10 per cent of England’s motorways comprising them. Here’s what you need to know. What is a smart ...