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.

7 Million Cars Passed Their MOT Last Year With a Tyre Warning – A Valid MOT Is Not Enough For Grey Fleet, Says TyreSafe

7 Million Cars Passed Their MOT Last Year With a Tyre Warning – A Valid MOT Is Not Enough For Grey Fleet, Says TyreSafe

Cars given a tyre advisory are almost twice as likely to have a dangerous tyre at their next MOT. TyreSafe…

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…

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

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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