Location Intro – Salisbury is a cathedral city in Wiltshire located at the meeting of the rivers Avon, Nadder and Bourne. The famous hilltop at Old Sarum lies near the wonderous Neolithic sites of Stonehenge and Avebury. Stonehenge is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is only 8 miles northwest of Salisbury. This magnificent site brings a huge number of visitors to the area each year. Salisbury lies in a valley, and the rivers flowing through the city have been redirected, along with landscaping, to feed into beautiful public gardens. Salisbury is halfway between Exeter and London and 34 miles south of Swindon, 20 miles northwest of Southampton and 32 miles southeast of Bath. Our advanced driver training courses are very popular in the Salisbury area for businesses with busy fleet drivers and private drivers.

We offer a range of bespoke courses, which include:

* General advanced and defensive courses
* Motorway training
* Performance training
* UK Familiarisation
* Confidence training
* Younger drivers
* Pre-court assessments

Course Content:

All courses are created around the needs and requirements of the individual driver, but below are several things we look at:

* The system of car control – IPSGA
* Working towards an expert level of forward planning and observation
* Understanding observational elements of driving (seeing) and building these into your driving plan
* Manoeuvres and reversing (This is often requested in confidence training)
* How to become a safe driver on urban and rural roads and also motorways
* Understand your own limitations and at-risk factors
* Undoing years of ingrained bad habits
* Learning to manage speed and become more speed aware
* How to deal with complex and busy traffic environments
* How to understand other drivers and what they may do next
* Learn how you and other drivers think when behind the wheel

You will be issued a driving report after each session – sent by email. This report is fully documented with us and has a unique verification number attached – proof you’ve had training with a qualified professional. In your report, you will see how you improved and in what areas, along with some valuable tips to ensure you keep up your improved standard of driving.

Key learning points of our driver training:

* Become a much improved, more skilful motorist
* Work on any issues which could be impacting your level of skill and safety
* Demonstrate your intention to become a safer, improved driver
* Deal with and address issues which may have been holding you back

For commercial clients, training is a little different – the end client, the person who has the on-road training, is often not the person who decides to do the training. 

While we help the driver to improve, from a commercial perspective, your business will benefit from the following:

* Demonstrating your businesses Duty of Care
* Potentially lower your fleet insurance costs
* Providing the opportunity for an employee to develop
* Showing you care
* Lower fuel costs

Salisbury lies at the intersection of the A30 and the A36, and the A36 then forms a ring road around the busy city centre. The closest motorway access is at junction 2 of the M27 at Southampton and junction 8 of the M3 near Basingstoke – so ideal for our motorway driving courses or courses where you want to do a lot of motorway driving. Traffic also passes around the city centre on the A36 to Bath – also ideal for advanced driver training. We have been delivering advanced driver training courses for many drivers in and around Salisbury, including Winterbourne Dauntsey, Chilhampton and Whaddon. Our skilled tutors will arrive at your door and take you out on the road in your own car or van. We even do campervan training for those wanting to explore the UK by road.

Half or Full Day?

Our half-day option works best if you want to train several drivers back-to-back. It’s cheaper per head, and your business has less downtime. As a private client, a half-day is ideal if you need a short refresher.

A full day is more suited if you or a driver has specific issues, such as limited confidence, complaints about their driving (company drivers) or if you’re a private client and want more than a half-day training session but want to get the training done and dusted in one day. We find many clients opt for the full-day session – and book one driver in the morning and one in the afternoon – there is no additional charge for this.

Talk to us:

Our team is here to help, and they also offer a non-judgemental approach for those who wish to open up and discuss specific issues. We know that for some, this is the first step in reaching out on their journey to confident driving.

Get in touch with us online or by phone. Whether you’re a business client or a private driver, we can help you. We aim to get back to email enquiries within 2 hours during working hours.

Road Safety Risks and Information – Salisbury

The City of Salisbury is located in Wiltshire at the intersection of the A36, A30, and A338. Although there are no dedicated motorways linking the city, the nearest ones are the M27 toward Southampton and the M3 towards Basingstoke.

Salisbury is a relatively small city compared to some, and it is set in a very rural location between Cranbourne Chase and the New Forrest. However, it attracts many visitors annually due to its long medieval history and famous cathedral. The A36 circles Salisbury to the north and east, and several other A roads link from here, such as the A30, the A360, the A435 and the A354. All of these routes are laden with collision sites, especially near intersections and roundabouts. The Downton Road A338 meets the Coombe Road A354 to the south of Salisbury at the junction of New Bridge Road. There are traffic lights here, but there are still numerous accidents that can be accredited to a lack of observations and possible confusion as this junction joins two very busy roads, and poor lane positioning can lead to needless collisions. This route then continues into Salisbury via the New Bridge Road, where it meets the Exeter Street Roundabout, and continues the A338 along Churchill Way, where it then meets the A36 at the College Roundabout. There are numerous accidents along this route, especially on the roundabout, when roads are congested during rush hour.

Exeter Street leaving New Bridge Road travels into Salisbury through a busy residential area, and there are numerous accidents occurring along this road; even though the speed limit is low, many collisions have been very severe and life-changing, suggesting that cyclists and pedestrians may have also been involved. Exeter Street is shared with bus routes, and it is vital to make sure that passengers are not trying to cross the road in front if you are attempting to overtake. Salisbury City centre has a bustling retail centre, and being an old city, the roads are quite narrow, causing much congestion, especially with delivery traffic to the centre. The one-way system of Fisherton Street is the scene of many collisions from the railway bridge and the meeting of South Western Road, where observations can be quite limited because of the bridge and very narrow roads along the merging of Bridge Street. Many parts of this road are dedicated to no parking, but there are a few parts that do allow side parking. Several accidents can be attributed to this, such as drivers not paying attention to other road users when leaving a parking space. Winchester Street is very similar in terms of narrow roads and parking issues; accidents are found near almost every road crossing and traffic light system, such as Endless Street and Blue Boar Row.

If you have any specific roads you travel on in the Salisbury area and you’re keen to discover what parts are at higher risk in terms of collisions, please contact us. We offer a free-of-charge service to anyone who is interested.