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…

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

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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