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…

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

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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