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A 35-year-old Smith’s man has died after a crash – the island’s eighth road death of this year, police said last night.
A spokesman said the victim succumbed to his injuries in the intensive care unit of King Edward VII Memorial Hospital late this af...
DATE: Sep 04, 2021
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Police could use the island’s network of roadside cameras to catch speeders, Commissioner of Police Stephen Corbishley said this week.
Mr Corbishley, speaking after the death on Sunday of 16-year-old Amber Bridges, added the loss of the 16-year-old h...
DATE: Jun 04, 2021
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A dispute over a roadside hedge near an accident hotspot could end with the landowner being ordered to move the bushes.
Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the public works minister, told MPs on Friday that the best solution might “appease the majority o...
DATE: May 24, 2021
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A motorcycle dealership yesterday sounded the alarm over people riding motorbikes with dangerous crash helmets.
Now Cycle Care on Hamilton’s Dundonald Street has launched a scheme where old helmets can be traded in for discounted new ones.
Steven DeC...
DATE: May 15, 2021
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A motorcycle rider was injured yesterday after a crashed truck caused a pile-up.
A police spokesman said the truck hit a wall at about 10.15am as it headed west and downhill on Parsons Road in Devonshire, near its junction with Roberts Avenue.
The c...
DATE: Mar 24, 2021
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The number of road accidents at the start of the year has dropped, the latest statistics have revealed.
A total of 96 road accidents were reported for January, compared to 112 in the same month last year and 115 for the start of 2019.
But the number ...
DATE: Mar 04, 2021
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A film tribute to a young father who died in a crash at the start of the year will be shown tonight to mark what would have been his 29th birthday.
Oronde Wilson Jr was devoted to his daughters Kiley, aged 7, and Lila Burt-Wilson, aged 3.
The two wer...
DATE: Mar 03, 2021
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Drivers banned from the roads for drink driving will be blocked from switching to electronic bikes under changes to the law.
But Lawrence Scott, the transport minister, promised a “light touch” with no new legislation proposed, after fears in the e-b...
DATE: Feb 02, 2021
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The island is still at the drawing board over the use of its network of roadside cameras to catch speeders and dangerous drivers.
Renée Ming, the national security minister, said the CCTV surveillance network was under review “in terms of the package...
DATE: Jan 25, 2021
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The Ministry of Transport will be lobbied to bring electrically boosted bicycles under the same regulations as motorcycles, according to the Bermuda Road Safety Council.
Dennis Lister III, chairman of the RSC, repeated calls for the increasingly pop...
DATE: Jan 21, 2021
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