Smart motorways have worse safety record for crashes involving stopped vehicles than normal M-ways - Daily Mail

Eight people were killed on motorways without a permanent hard shoulder in 2020, representing 0.64 per cent of the 1,246 fatalities on England's roads.

Smart motorways without a hard shoulder are three times more lethal to break down on than those that retain the safety lane, a report found yesterday. And the chance of such crashes resulting in min… [+4699 chars]

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