The survey of 20 UK councils showed that 80 per cent have experienced a road maintenance budget funding reduction in real terms, while ...

A company that raises money for charity by scrapping or selling unwanted cars has been named as the only UK finalist in the BBC World Challenge 2011.

The data includes planned roadworks carried out by the Highways Agency, covering listed roadworks up to 15 ...

He has designed a sign telling drivers the quickest way to Trafalgar Square from Piccadilly after a change in road layout by Westminster City Council.

The Royal Automobile Club's annual promotion and demonstration of new, clean-energy cars – the Future Car Challenge – takes place this year on November 5. Not only does the event ...

On the face of it, novice under-age drivers, sporty Minis and one of the fastest race tracks in the country doesn’t sound like a combination designed to promote road safety. But with the Mini Drivers scheme at the Goodwood Motor Circuit in West Sussex, that couldn’t be further from the truth....

When I was 18, I failed my driving test three times. The first was down to “undue hesitancy”. In the second test, I tried to be more assertive and… well, let’s just say I’d have scored highly in PlayStation’s Grand Theft Auto.

Motability offers special concessions to the severely disabled who qualify for help from the Government.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales remain stubbornly unresponsive despite a variety of subsidy programmes throughout Europe.

Your car is running on fumes and you’ve finally tracked down the one local petrol station that hasn’t closed. But as you turn onto the forecourt you’re faced with that other frequent problem: a massive queue.

Two British-built cars have picked up awards at t...

Almost 40 per cent of drivers in the UK admit to prioritising their social life via mobile phone over the safety of themselves and other road users.

Ducati has revealed details of its extreme new “Superquadro” engine, which is destined to power its 2012 superbike.

What have Harry Potter, Lady Penelope, James Bond and Doctor Who all got in common?

The next generation of BMW's 3-series saloon, which accounts for about a fifth of the company's sales worldwide, goes on sale in the UK next February 11 priced from £24,100.

Motorists with as many as 30 points on their licence have not been disqualified from driving, figures show.

More than 300,000 motorists have persuaded another driver to take their penalty points for a driving offence, according to a recent AA poll.

I’m more than a little suspicious of the Government’s "proposal" (if it really is that) to raise the speed limit on motorways to 80mph. At the same time I’m fascinated by the arguments for and against. But I’m deeply concerned that, should Parliament give it the go-ahead,...

Japanese car-maker Toyota has announced it will return to Le Mans in 2012 with a new petrol/electric hybrid racing car.

Imagine the insurance claim: “Damage to bumper from collision with a 4,000-year old monolith.” A clumsy motorist has manage...

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Whether you’re the parent of a child who suffers from travel sickness, or a taxi driver used to transporting passengers who are slightly worse for wear, relief could now be within arm's reach.

On Wednesday, the company founded in 2008 by industry veteran David Martell, alongside the Transport Secretary, will unveil the UK's first nationwide network of charging points and confirm it intends to float in order to fund further expansion in the UK and Europe.

Senna, the film documenting the remarkable life of one of Formula One's greatest drivers, goes on sale on D...

There are now fewer than 9,000 petrol forecourts in the UK, down from 21,000 in 1991, creating misery for motorists in large parts of the country. The fall comes despite the number of cars on the road doubling to 31 million over the same period, ac...

The figures don’t make easy reading: unemployment for 18- to 24-year-olds stood at 972,000 in the three months leading to July, 11 per cent higher than the previous quarter.

"For the last year I have pushed the Government to take action over the sentencing of dangerous drivers.

The Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) said 332,476 new cars were registered in the UK in September, a decline of 0.8pc on 2010. September traditionally accounts for around 17pc of annual sales and is the second biggest...

A 1961 Mini that’s just been driven to Egypt and back and a 1970 Porsche 911 restored by two self-taught mechanics are just two of the twenty machines you can vote for to win the title of Classic Car of the Year.

Fancy Schuey’s Formula One battle bus? Then you’re in luck, because Michael Schumacher’s Scuderia Ferrari Driver’s Coach is one of the star lots at the RM sale at Battersea on Wednesday October 26.

As part of this year’s Top Gear Live Show, Jeremy Clarkson, James May and Richard Hammond will be hosting their own version of the Olympics, with events including the first ever Moped Chariot Race and Car Curling.

It’s a sight we all dread. You’ve planned your journey to the airport carefully and left home half an hour early in case of unexpected roadworks. All goes well until you round a bend on the motorway and, suddenly, you’re trapped. Stationary traffic snakes into the distance where there’s a forest of fla...

Researchers found six out of 10 of motorists have shouted, screamed, sworn at or even lashed out at their sat nav after it sent them the wrong way.

Two motorists were banned from driving for taking part in dangerous "surfing" circuits around a car park.

The behaviour was observed during a crackdown on distracted drivers by Hampshire police, with other offences including a man eating a pear with a knife while driving and motorists using mobile phones.

James Ramsden, 25, was already banned from the roads when he put dozens of lives at risk, speeding through oncoming traffic in a stolen car before smashing into another vehicle seriously injuring another driver.

Hot on the heels of Skoda’s Citigo, Seat has taken the wraps off its own version of the Volkswagen Group’s new city car, the Mii.

Figures produced by the Department for Transport have shown that its removal has cut a minute off the time needed to get into London from Heathrow – 20 seconds more than had been anticipated.

With the doors of the Frankfurt Motor Show closing just a couple of days ago, Skoda has announced a new city car, which will go on sale in Europe in 2012.

The long jump champion performed the feat on a specially designed track and sand pit raised either side of cars' roofs.

Are you getting ready to fly the nest for university in the next week or so? Then you might be considering buying a car in the first term to get about the city of your studies.

Drivers in Stockport, Greater Manchester, are also being ordered to take photographs of the offending crevice.

Philip Hammond, the Secretary of State for Transport, was sent out to the television and radio studios at the end of the week to trumpet the glad news ahead of the con...