The UK’s Tyre Safety Charity

Welcome to TyreSafe, the UK’s leading authority on tyre safety.

TyreSafe, a registered charity since 2016, was established in 2006 with a clear aim: to reduce tyre-related incidents on Britain’s roads. We achieve this by enhancing road users’ awareness of crucial tyre maintenance and highlighting the severe dangers posed by illegal or poorly maintained tyres.

Our dedication has been recognised with two prestigious Prince Michael International Road Safety Awards, most recently in 2024. The need for our work is stark: on average over the last five years, 163 people are killed or seriously injured in incidents related to ‘defective tyres’. The 2025 figure of 201 tyre-related KSIs is especially alarming, as it is up 19% year-on-year and 38 higher than the 5-year average. In addition over 6 million UK tyres annually have illegal tread!

Our vision is to eliminate harm to road users due to illegal or poorly maintained tyres. We empower drivers through education and actively campaign for essential policy changes. Join us and over 260 other organisations in making Britain’s roads safer.

We are proud that the TyreSafe programme has been explicitly named in the Government’s 2026 Road Safety Strategy, where we will inform the development of a new National Work-Related Road Safety Charter to reduce risk for those who drive for work.

BLT Driver Training

TyreSafe welcomes BLT Driver Training partnership to champion safer driving and tyre safety

New partnership will bring together road safety expertise to support taxi and private hire drivers, mature motorists and fleet operators…

Nottinghamshire Police

TyreSafe welcomes Nottinghamshire Police as official partner in drive to improve road safety

Nottinghamshire Police force joins TyreSafe’s growing network of police partners, strengthening the call for road users to make tyre safety…

TyreSafe van MOT analysis: 7.0% of vans with a tyre advisory had a dangerous tyre defect at the next MOT, compared with 3.6% without an advisory

Vans given a tyre warning at MOT almost twice as likely to have a dangerous tyre a year later

New TyreSafe analysis of nearly 137,000 vans finds that for 3–3.5 tonne vans the risk doubles. TyreSafe urges fleets to…

A sign on a brick building advertising tyres from £10

100% Failure Rate in Joint Part-Worn Tyre Enforcement Operation Sparks Calls for Proactive Action

A joint operational exercise conducted by Dudley Council Trading Standards and road safety charity TyreSafe has uncovered systemic non-compliance among…

Falken Tyre
Gloucester Tyres
FirstStop
Continental
GT Radial
Evans Halshaw
Stapleton’s Tyre Service
Yokohama
DC Tyres & Autocentre
FOXY Lady Drivers Club
The Auto Care Group
PCL
Škoda
Straightset Garage Equipment
Peugeot
Performance Tyres Leeds
Alfa Romeo
Pro-Align
Lexus
Laindon Tyre Centre
Michelin
Glenside recovery
Vintage Tyres
Pirelli
Taylor’s Service Centres
About Bosch Car Service
Pellon Tyres and Autocentre
Guyhirn Tyres
The British Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (BTMA)
Seat
Blackcircles.com
TreadTracker
R&J Strang
Jeep
ACC Tyres
Kumho Tyre
AIR-serv
Audi
Grande Tyres
Supertracker
Halfords
Dunlop
Grouptyre
Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles
Hilt Material Supplies Ltd
Point S
Sunset Tyres and Autocentr
Bridgestone
Goodyear TyreSafe
Payment Assist
Nankang
International Tyre Manufacturers’ Association (ITMA)
Lindleys Autocentres
Autogem
IN‘n’OUT Autocentres
Hometyre
Eden Tyres & Servicing
Wheel Solutions
Merityre Specialists
Heald Green Garage
Ford
Tyron
Automotiv8
Tyre Shopper tyre pressure advice
Stone Tyres
Chrysler
Westgate Tyres
Volkswagen
National Tyres tyre pressure guide
The National Tyre Distributors Association (NTDA)
Steve Andrews Tyres & Autocare
Abarth
Falken
Ring Automotive
Micheldever
Silkmoth (now trading as Klipboard)
Fiat
Hankook
OKO
Asda Tyres
BAB MOTORS
Tyre Spot
Mercedes-Benz
Air-Seal Products
Protyre Autocare
Toyo Tires
Fortix by Crane
Wise
Toyota
Translogik
Volkswagen Group
Tread Buddy (Auto Items)
HiQ Tyres & Autocare

Tyre Safety Statistics

201

Killed or seriously injured in incidents related to ‘defective tyres’ in 2025
(DfT: 2026)

6m

Tyres in the UK have illegal tread
(Tread Depth Survey: 2023)

2m+

MOT Failures due to tyre defects every year
(DVSA: 2025)

5,662

Convictions for ‘defective tyres’
(Criminal Justice System: 2025)

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