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    Firm pleads guilty after untrained forklift driver causes amputation

    A Redditch vehicle maintenance company has been fined after chilling CCTV footage captured the moment an untrained forklift driver caused an incident that left a father-of-two with life-changing injuries.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 17 April 2026

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    A visit to the Transport Safety Research Centre

    We are entering a decade of “evolution, not revolution” on our roads, but the transition to self-driving vehicles may be messier than we think. From the end of informal road etiquette to the danger of drivers watching movies behind the wheel, we explore Loughborough University’s Transport Safety Research Centre (TSRC) and its latest research into the complex, human-centred challenges of tomorrow’s roads.

    By Belinda Liversedge on 09 March 2026