Western Mail

Smart M-ways safety revealed

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SMART motorways without a hard shoulder have a poorer safety record than convention­al motorways for crashes involving stopped vehicles, new figures suggest.

People are twice as likely to be killed or seriously injured (KSI) in a stopped vehicle smash on an all lane running (ALR) smart motorway than on a traditiona­l motorway with a hard shoulder, National Highwaysfi­gures show.

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