23/02/2026
🚨 Incursions on Live Highway Schemes – Why Reporting & Prevention Matter 🚨
Across live highway works, incursions remain one of the most serious risks to workforce and public safety.
At Chellan Highway Safety Services Ltd, we are currently recording around 40 incursions per week across 120 live CCTV cameras on various schemes. Every single one of these events represents a potential near-miss.....or worse.
Why incursions are so serious:
🚧 Risk to operatives
🚛 Danger to drivers and workers by entering restricted work zones
⚠️ Increased likelihood of serious injury or fatality
📉 Reputational and financial impact on contractors
What can be done to mitigate the risks?
✔️ Live CCTV monitoring - Early identification of unsafe behaviour
✔️ Accurate, timely reporting - So patterns and repeat risks are identified
✔️ Data analysis - Understanding trends (time, location, layout issues)
✔️ Improved traffic management layouts
✔️ Workforce awareness and safety briefings based on real incidents
Recording and reporting incursions isn’t about ticking boxes, it’s about learning from every event to prevent the next one.
Without proper reporting:
Trends go unnoticed
Unsafe behaviours continue
Opportunities for improvement are missed
With consistent monitoring and structured reporting, we can:
Support principal contractors with actionable insights
Improve scheme design and compliance
Most importantly, protect lives
Safety isn’t reactive. It’s proactive.
If you're managing live schemes and want to strengthen your incursion monitoring and reporting process, let’s have a conversation.
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