North Yorkshire has a wide network of roads to offer comprehensive driver training sessions. The county, which is the largest in the UK, covers a huge 3,341 sq/mi. There is a significant network of roads we can provide advanced driver training for clients. We have already helped private and business clients in North Yorkshire in areas such as Whitby, Scarborough, Harrogate, Skipton and Catterick.
With our advanced driving courses, we do try and cover as many roads as possible. In North Yorkshire, we provide training on the A1 ( M ), sometimes over to the M6, depending on your location and also M62, M1 if we are heading south out of the county. North Yorkshire has many thousands of miles of rural roads, which form a perfect backdrop for our rural road training; these include a range of B-roads and also busier roads like the A61 and A59).
Rural roads are dangerous and challenging, so we always like to ensure a large portion of a course is devoted to these roads (unless you are doing a specialist course such as motorway driver training). Most of the training will take place in the county, although if you are located in the more northerly areas, such as Whitby or Northallerton, we often head up towards Middlesborough and Sunderland. If you are in the south, we will often head towards Leeds and Bradford area. Each course is bespoke to you and/or your drivers, and so the specific route and types of roads will vary slightly from course to course.
Remember – All our on-road driving courses are tailored to your exact requirements. For both business and private clients.
During a session, we typically look at:
- Observation and awareness of the driving environment
- Becoming more speed aware
- Developing an improved attitude towards motoring
- How to become a more skilful driver on all types of roads
- Car control (looking at gears, steering, use of signals)
- Motoring law
- Coping and defusing with road rage
- Manoeuvres and driving in restricted areas
- Coping with bad weather
- Driving in busy urban environments
- Learning why skids happen and how to control skids
- Learning how to save fuel through economical motoring
- Learning to see and not just look when driving
- Learning how to better anticipate the actions of other road users
Benefits of advanced driver training (personal):
- Improve driver ability and confidence
- Remove bad habits
- Address problems specific to your driving
- Improve your car control
- Reduce wear on your vehicle
If you are looking at an advanced driving course as part of a fleet driver training plan, the advantages to training cover:
- Increase driver safety in your fleet
- Demonstrate Duty of Care
- Possibly reduce your fleet insurance costs
- Boost morale among your drivers
- Provide increased skill and confidence for your drivers
- Reduce your fleet fuel costs
Get in touch:
Please contact us for a quote or to receive more information on our courses and get a better understanding of how we can help you. You can contact us by email or phone. All email enquiries are replied to within 1hr during working hours. If you are ready to book, you can also book and pay for a course online at www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book
Road Safety Risks and Information – North Yorkshire
The A1 motorway runs through the middle of North Yorkshire with the Yorkshire Dales to the West and the North York Moors National Dales to the East, and several fast A road routes crossing the county, all with high accident statistics of severe and often fatal collisions.
The A1 travels from Leeds through to Darlington, and the hot spots for accidents are at the Scotch Corner intersection where the A66 meets the A6055 and the A1, and the challenging intersection of the A684 and the A6055 crossing the A1 near Little Holtby. Another area of the A1 to be aware of is the meeting of the A61 and junction 49, where it joins the A168. These areas all have severe and fatal collision accident statistics. Knowing where the most serious accidents have happened in the recent past can help you to remain safe as it will allow extra caution to be taken on your journey, especially if it is an unfamiliar trip. The fast A road routes that cross North Yorkshire carry much traffic across the county and also have high accident statistics, and the A19 from Middlesborough to Thirsk is particularly high-risk, with the worst areas being the stretch of dual carriageway on the outskirts of Thirsk and the roundabout linking to the A61 at Thornborough. There is also a very dangerous patch between Cleveland Tontine and Ellerbeck, where there have been several severe crashes near each other.
The A65 is a fast A road route that links the M6 to Skipton and has many severe collision sites, and they are centred around the villages of Cleatop and Mearbeck, where minor rural lanes cross the busy fast A roads. This is common in rural areas and is similar near Daleswick and Austbridge along the A65 as well. The A59 carries traffic along the south of North Yorkshire and across to York and links to the coastal route of the A64 to Scarborough. These are also routes that have many serious accident sites. Extra caution should be taken when travelling across them. The A64 at Scagglethorpe is particularly dangerous as it is quite fast, and the accidents seem to occur soon after a dual carriageway intersection from the B1248 Scarborough Road.
Having a better understanding of where accidents occur on any trip, you may be considering is a beneficial exercise as it will make you more aware and, in turn, can help you to avoid any needless collisions that can be costly and often life-changing for all involved.
These are only a very broad outline of collision sites in the county. If you have any specific roads you travel on in the 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.