Location Overview – Tyneside is an excellent location for advanced driver training, offering a diverse mix of city driving, major motorways, coastal routes and busy urban roads. From navigating Newcastle’s bustling streets and complex junctions to driving on the A1, A19 and Tyne Tunnel approaches, drivers gain valuable experience in a wide range of real-world driving conditions that help build confidence, improve awareness and reduce risk.
Our experienced team of driving tutors deliver training throughout Tyneside for both business and private clients, as well as across the UK. Whether you’re looking to improve the safety of your company drivers, meet your duty of care responsibilities or enhance your own driving skills, we can tailor every course to suit your individual or organisational needs.
From Newcastle upon Tyne and Gateshead to North Shields, South Shields, Whitley Bay and Wallsend, we’ve helped drivers across Tyneside develop safer driving habits, improve hazard perception and become more confident behind the wheel. Wherever you’re based in the region, our nationwide network of expert tutors ensures professional, high-quality advanced driver training is always within easy reach.
We offer a range of bespoke courses, which include:
* General advanced and defensive driving
* Motorway training
* Confidence training
* Post-RTA courses
* Younger, newly qualified drivers
* Pre-court assessments
* Performance car training
* UK Familiarisation
* Campervan / Motorhome training
* Winter driving training
* Specialist Road Rage courses
During our bespoke driving courses, we try and cover a wide range which looks at:
* Develop a training plan based on each driver’s needs
* Getting a more in-depth understanding of your specific vehicle
* Introducing several specialised advanced driving skills
* Developing forward planning and observation
* IPSGA – Learning The System of Car Control
* Speed awareness and speed planning
* Advanced cornering techniques
* Understanding your current skills and experience
* Identifying and removing at-risk habits
Reports After Training:
Every client who completes driver training with us receives a personalised driving report within a few days of their session. This report provides a clear, detailed summary of the training, highlighting what was covered, how the driver performed, and where improvements were made. It also outlines specific areas that may require further development.
These reports are especially valuable for our business clients, as they provide a reliable assessment of a driver’s skill and competence. To ensure authenticity and traceability, each report is customised to the individual driver and includes a unique verification number. This allows you to easily confirm the report’s validity and request an original copy from us if needed, which is particularly useful when driver training is undertaken at an employer’s request.
Key learning points of our driver training:
* Dealing with and addressing issues which may have been holding you back
* Become a much improved, more skilful motorist
* Demonstrating your intention to become a safer, improved driver
* Work on any issues which could be impacting your level of skill and safety
Training is a little different for commercial clients – 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 business’s Duty of Care
* Providing the opportunity for an employee to develop their driving role
* Detailed reporting with risk assessments.
* Less wear and tear on vehicles
* No excuses for damage caused by careless drivers after training
* Potentially lower your fleet insurance costs
* Lower fuel costs
Tyneside is a large area encompassing many areas, including Newcastle upon Tyne, Hebburn, Jarrow and Gateshead – all of which we have provided training in. The superb road network, mainly consisting of faster A roads such as the A167, A1058, A692, and A19, is ideal for driver training. We have some fantastic tutors who cover Tyneside, and all courses are door-to-door. Tutors come to you.
We offer full days (7-hr) or half-days (3.5-hr) durations with our driver training courses.
A full-day course is ideal for those seeking intensive driver training, especially drivers with specific areas to focus on or for training two fleet drivers at the same location. This format is popular with business fleet managers who aim to train multiple drivers efficiently within a short time frame. We also offer full-day sessions tailored to individual needs, such as campervan handling or performance car training, which are often shared between two private drivers from the same household.
A half-day session is perfect for those looking for an introduction to advanced driving or simply wanting to refresh their skills. For drivers who prefer to build confidence gradually, additional half-day sessions can be scheduled over time. We’ve helped many nervous drivers regain their independence through our supportive and expert training.
Our tutors not only bring professional driving expertise but also understand the emotional and psychological challenges that can come with a lack of confidence behind the wheel. We appreciate that taking the first step into training can feel daunting, and we’re here to make that journey as comfortable and encouraging as possible.
Contact us for more advice.
While we have attempted to cover as many topics as possible on this page, we understand you may still have questions. Please get in touch, and we can advise you on the best way to move forward with your driving needs. A member of our team will be only too pleased to help you.
If you are looking at training several drivers, we will quickly provide you with a quote, along with how we can best approach the training based on your business needs. Training large numbers requires extra planning, but we have many years of experience managing extensive, often complex, driver training sessions involving nationwide locations and hectic diaries.
Road Safety Risks and Information – Tyneside
Tyneside is served by two motorways, the A1 motorway and the A194 motorway, which join at Springwell. It is also crossed by several fast A road routes, such as the A184, the A19 and the A69, north of the county. All of these fast roads have high accident statistics.
The A1 motorway is fraught with accident sites along the whole route across Tyneside, and the Junctions of 70 and 71 are particularly hazardous, with several severe and life-changing collisions noted. Over the Blaydon Bridge into Denton, the crash sites are just as severe, with the junction areas being the most perilous, especially the large roundabout of the meeting of the A69 at junction 75. The A194 Motorway is a slight stretch of motorway linking the A1 to South Tyneside and, for such a small area, has numerous crash sites, with many on the Havannah Interchange roundabout of the B1288 and the A182 Washington Highway. The case is very similar to the Follingsby Interchange meeting the A195. As the A194 continues into South Tyneside, it merges into an A road with a few dual carriageway patches, where crash hot spots are noted, especially Leam Lane and Hedworth.
The A167 over the Tyne Bridge is another area of concern, running from the High Street south of the river and north towards the Swan House Roundabout and the Newcastle Central Motorway; knowing where accidents occur can help keep you safe on the road. The A695 north of the River Tyne is fraught with crash sites from the dual carriageway, Scotswood Road, with several collisions occurring near the traffic light junction of Voilet Close and the cycle 72 route along St James Boulevard.
Towards the coast, the A193 at Whitley Bay, there are numerous accident sites that would have ruined many a holiday; these include the roads such as the A191 and the A1148 leading into the town. The A1058 travelling to Beach Road at Tynemouth is another area with far too many accident sites for such a small area, which has probably occurred due to drivers being unfamiliar with the area. When using coastal roads, it is always wise to remember that many drivers may be tourists and unfamiliar with the route, so having a little extra patience can be all that is needed for a safe trip.
These are only a very brief outline of collision sites in Tyneside. If you have any specific roads you travel on in the area and are keen to discover what parts are at higher risk of collisions, please contact us. We offer a free-of-charge service to anyone who is interested.