Mother of teen killed in crash wins campaign to ban old tyres

A LAW banning old tyres from lorries, buses and coaches will come into force today, following a campaign by the mother of a teenager killed in a crash.

Frances Molloy has been calling for a change in the law since the death of her son, Michael, 18, in a coach crash as he travelled home to Liverpool from the Isle of Wight in 2012.

An inquest into the crash, which also killed 23-year-old Kerry Ogden and coach driver Colin Daulby, 53, found it was caused by a tyre that was nearly 20 years old.

From February 1 this year, Construction and Use Regulations will not allow tyres which are more than ten years old to be used on the frontsteered axles of lorries, buses, coaches or for all single wheels fitted to a minibus.

Mrs Molloy told BBC Breakfast she felt a “sense of relief.”