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…

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

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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