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    National Highways chief exit: safety, data integrity and lessons for engineers

    February 2, 2026|

    Reviewed by Tom Sullivan

    National Highways chief exit: safety, data integrity and lessons for engineers

    First reported on The Construction Index

    30 Second Briefing

    National Highways chief executive Nick Harris has reportedly been forced out after losing the board’s confidence following faulty motorway speed cameras that triggered 2,650 erroneous enforcement activations between 2021 and late 2024. The cameras led to thousands of incorrect speeding tickets, with National Highways now developing a data-checking tool and working with police to prevent further wrongful prosecutions, reimburse drivers and remove licence points. Transport secretary Heidi Alexander has ordered an independent investigation into the incident and its handling.

    Technical Brief

    • National Highways publicly acknowledged 2,650 erroneous motorway camera activations on affected routes since 2021.
    • Remedial actions include direct contact with every affected driver to reverse incorrect enforcement outcomes.
    • Safety governance response centres on an independent investigation ordered by transport secretary Heidi Alexander.
    • Board-level dissatisfaction with incident handling led to loss of confidence in chief executive Nick Harris.
    • Harris’s immediate departure without a long notice period signals a rapid accountability measure by the board.
    • Liaison with police forces is required to align data checks with existing road traffic enforcement workflows.
    • Formal apology and reimbursement commitments create a structured redress process for wrongly sanctioned motorists.

    Our Take

    Safety-tagged UK Infrastructure pieces in our database increasingly centre on governance and accountability at operators like National Highways, rather than just on-site incidents, signalling that leadership decisions are now being scrutinised as a core safety control.

    Since 2021 appears in our data as a reference point for enforcement and monitoring issues on the strategic road network, this dispute over National Highways’ leadership is likely to feed into how future camera, signage and control-system upgrades are specified and audited in the United Kingdom.

    With 347 Safety-tagged items across 603 Infrastructure stories, National Highways’ situation stands out as one of the few where a non-ministerial public body’s internal leadership dynamics, rather than contractor performance, are at the centre of safety-related coverage.

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    Prepared by collating external sources, AI-assisted tools, and Geomechanics.io’s proprietary mining database, then reviewed for technical accuracy & edited by our geotechnical team.

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