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A 32-year-old man was banned from the roads for a year after he refused to take a breath test. Magistrates' Court heard officers saw Malcolm Johnston driving his car with no headlights on Front Street. Police said they smelled alcohol but Johnston ...

A woman tourist injured after her rental scooter hit a wall and threw her into the sea 15ft below has been airlifted overseas for treatment. The 44-year-old from South Carolina was said to be “stable” in intensive care on Tuesday. The accident happen...

A truck driver accused of killing a 21-year-old model through careless driving told a bystander that he fell asleep at the wheel, a court heard yesterday. Glenn Woods, a former emergency medical technician, told the Supreme Court that he heard truck...

The leader of the island’s Catholic church said religious groups can use their influence to promote safer driving. Bishop Wes Spiewak is to mobilise his flock behind The Royal Gazette Drive for Change road safety campaign. He said: “We as ministers, ...

A mother who lost her son to a case of careless driving a year ago has warned a second of inattention on the roads can cause death and destroy lives. Kareen Richardson’s son, Jokeem Richardson, was 23 when he was crushed between a car and a truck wh...

The Royal Gazette’s Drive for Change campaign and its strategic partners at A Piece of the Rock road safety group have invited high school pupils to enter a road safety competition with top prizes of state-of-the-art motorbike helmets. The competitio...

Last week, I witnessed what could have been a horrendous accident. Travelling west, not far from Harrington Hundreds Road at 10.15am, I watched a livery scooter with a driver and a pillion passenger lose control in the eastbound lane and hit a wall. ...

Police are releasing more information on traffic collisions in the wake of road safety campaigns, including The Royal Gazette’s Drive for Change. The news came after The Royal Gazette asked about a recent spate of crashes over the space of a few day...

A bike and car collided in Hamilton this afternoon. The crash happened near the junction of Serpentine Road and Pitts Bay Road at about 1.30pm. At 1.45pm, police were diverting traffic from the scene. More details to follow.

A motorcyclist was taken to hospital after crashing his vehicle in Southampton. The 41-year-old man, from St George’s, was injured in the incident on South Road, near the junction with Eastdale Lane, on Saturday at about 12.30am. Police said he was r...

Police have named the woman who died after her car hit a tree on Friday as Lois Simmons. Ms Simmons was injured in the crash near Barnes Corner about 4.30pm and taken to hospital where she was later pronounced dead. A police spokesman said: “The Ber...

A 70-year-old woman has died after crashing her car near Barnes Corner yesterday. The single-vehicle crash happened at about 4.30pm. A police spokesman said it appeared that the woman had lost control of her vehicle before it struck a tree. He added...