{"id":163391,"date":"2026-07-03T15:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=163391"},"modified":"2026-07-03T15:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T14:00:12","slug":"key-findings-from-the-health-and-safety-in-highways-report-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/key-findings-from-the-health-and-safety-in-highways-report-2026\/163391\/","title":{"rendered":"Key findings from the Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Most organisations know where the risks sit in highways work. The harder question is how consistently those risks are being managed under tight delivery pressure \u2013 and how impactful failures can be<\/h2>\n<p>The Re-flow Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 provides a clearer view of how those risks are being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/construction-software-news\/identifying-known-hazards-safety-without-slow-downs\/160028\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recorded, applied, and controlled<\/a> across the sector. It spans everything from site-level failures and reporting practices to incursions, worker abuse, and the systems used to manage them.<\/p>\n<p>The report draws on recent incident data, industry discussions, and supply chain input \u2013 and sets out the latest updates in a quick-to-read format.<\/p>\n<h3>What the report covers<\/h3>\n<p>The Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 focuses on five core areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/digital-construction-news\/understanding-role-field-management-software-in-site-safety-compliance\/161347\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Site safety<\/a> failures and their impacts<\/li>\n<li>Gaps in reporting and visibility<\/li>\n<li>Incursions into live roadworks<\/li>\n<li>Worker abuse across the network<\/li>\n<li>The role of technology in managing risk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>These are the issues shaping how work is planned, delivered, and controlled across the sector.<\/p>\n<p>They highlight how improving safety outcomes directly supports more consistent standards across projects, teams, and supply chains.<\/p>\n<h3>Key findings for 2026<\/h3>\n<h4>Repeated, avoidable failures continue to appear in serious incidents<\/h4>\n<p>Recent HSE cases show that many incidents stem from familiar issues:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gaps in traffic management and site segregation<\/li>\n<li>Incomplete or outdated risk assessments<\/li>\n<li>Equipment used without basic safeguards<\/li>\n<li>Shortfalls in training and supervision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is reflected in enforcement data, with over \u00a333m in HSE fines issued and multiple fatalities recorded.<\/p>\n<p>The report focuses on how and why these failures continue to break down in practice.<\/p>\n<h4>Reporting does not capture the full picture of risk<\/h4>\n<p>The effectiveness of any safety process depends on what gets recorded.<\/p>\n<p>Across highways, the report highlights inconsistencies in how incidents are captured and acted on:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Around 40% of supply chain vehicles fail basic legality checks, with around 85% of issues linked to simple faults such as tyres, lighting, or load security<\/li>\n<li>The result is a partial view of performance \u2013 where underlying issues are not always visible until they escalate<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-163393 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"710\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-696x365.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-1068x560.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-2-610x320.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 710px) 100vw, 710px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Incursions remain a persistent and unpredictable risk<\/h4>\n<p>Incursions into live works continue to be recorded at scale across the network.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Recent data showed 5,899 incursions recorded in a year, including 144 in a single month<\/li>\n<li>While protection measures and technology are improving, the report highlights the challenge of managing risks that are often outside direct operational control<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-163394 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-300x157.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-1536x806.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-scaled.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-800x420.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-696x365.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-1068x560.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-1920x1008.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/5970-Safety-in-Highways-report-2026_Article-images_1200x630-3-610x320.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4>Worker abuse is widespread but still underreported<\/h4>\n<p>The report also brings together industry input on abuse faced by operatives.<\/p>\n<p>Key themes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Regular exposure to verbal and physical abuse<\/li>\n<li>Initiatives such as RAISE, which aim to build a geographical database of incidents and improve collaboration across the sector<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Why the Health and Safety in Highways Report matters for delivery<\/h3>\n<p>Across different sites, contracts, and teams, processes exist, standards are defined, and controls are in place \u2013 but they are not always applied, recorded, or followed through in the same way, particularly under pressure.<\/p>\n<p>The report shows how that inconsistency plays out in practice. In construction, avoidable errors account for around 21% of project value, and 39% of injuries occur during rework \u2013 linking day-to-day delivery pressures directly to both safety outcomes and commercial impact.<\/p>\n<h3>Trusted sources<\/h3>\n<p>The Re-flow Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 draws on data and guidance from the Health and Safety Executive, National Highways, and the Supply Chain Safety Leadership Group.<\/p>\n<p>It also incorporates official UK road safety statistics, industry webinars, enforcement case studies, emerging initiatives such as the Home Safe and Well programme, and first-hand commentary on abuse and incursions from influential figures at RAISE.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For a complete view of the data, case studies, and impacts, <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/re-flow.co.uk\/health-and-safety-in-highways-report-2026?utm_source=PBC+Today&amp;utm_medium=article_HS+report+launch+article&amp;utm_campaign=HS+report+launch+article_PBC+Today&amp;utm_id=HS+report+launch+article\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>download the Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 now.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Re-flow Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 provides a clearer view of how risks are being recorded, applied, and controlled across the sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":163392,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[309],"tags":[173281,172727,9877],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[172506],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-163391","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-health-safety-news","8":"tag-construction-health-risks","9":"tag-featured","10":"tag-national-highways","11":"stakeholder_rel_tag-re-flow"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Key findings from the Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Re-flow Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 provides a clearer view of how risks are being recorded, applied, and controlled\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/key-findings-from-the-health-and-safety-in-highways-report-2026\/163391\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Key findings from the Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Re-flow Health and Safety in Highways Report 2026 provides a clearer view of how risks are being recorded, applied, and controlled\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/health-safety-news\/key-findings-from-the-health-and-safety-in-highways-report-2026\/163391\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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