M62 - Your Local History
A lot of finds were uncovered during the archaeological evaluation carried out for the M62 Junction 6 Improvement scheme so we thought it would be nice to provide an interactive website so you can see what we found.
Better information for your journey
The National Traffic Control Centre collects real-time information on road conditions
Don't Cross or Walk Along Motorways
The Highways Agency aims to make more people aware of the dangers of walking or crossing our motorway. We have launched a poster and radio campaign aimed at 16-25yr olds. Hopefully with our hard hitting posters, our message will come across.
Educating tomorrow's drivers
See how we are driving through key messages about safety on our network for the drivers of tomorrow.
Meet the Ancestors
Find out about the history of roads and the work the Agency does to preserve archaeological remains.
See when traffic will be lightest
Our traffic forecaster can help get you there quicker
Statistics
Accidents on the Trunk Network - 2006
The document, 'Accidents on the trunk network', provides quantified road safety information and guidance (rather than instruction) that describes the current state of the network.
The document is intended for use by Highways Agency staff, their Managing Agents and those in the public arena with an interest.
This information is designed to enable them to:
- answer safety queries from Government, colleagues and the public;
- provide a national safety perspective for balancing needs across the network;
- help achieve the objectives of the Strategic Safety Action Plan (SSAP);
- make sound strategic and budgeting decisions concerning the future management and safety of the network;
- monitor changes in safety on the network year on year;
- assist in developing and monitoring the safety statements prepared by agents.
Objectives and Content
The objectives of the document are:
- to provide a national overview of current road safety strategies and targets (Summary);
- to provide an overview of the trunk road network’s casualty trends, noting trends in severity (Section 3);
- to provide a perspective of injury accidents by road type (Section 4);
- to provide a perspective of injury accidents by area (Section 5);
- to provide a perspective of injury accidents by customer group (Section 6);
- to provide references to useful sources of information (Section 9).
You can download the document in PDF format below:
Fact Sheets
* The print version of our fact sheets are designed to be printed as a fold up pocket size document, when printed back-to-back.
