Accessibility Statement

General Statement

We have made every effort to make this site accessible and easy to use for everyone dependant upon what browser you are using, should you choose to use, or if you suffer from any disabilities.

All pages on this site have been subject to an accessibility audit and should be valid to XHTML 1.0 Transitional, use CSS and conform to the WCAG AA standard. Where individual pages fall short of the AA rating we will specify which standard has been achieved. To read more about W3C standards, please choose from one of the links below.

Access Keys

A Set of standard access keys have been used to allow those who can not use a mouse, or just prefer to use the keyboard to navigate between main sections of the site, and through documents, by using the keyboard.

To use these keys hold the Alt key and the desired page key at the same time. In most browsers (Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox) you may then need to press the enter key

Site Navigation Keys

These keys work site-wide

S - Skip navigation
1 - Home
2 - Traffic Map
3 - Motorway Traffic Flow
4 - Disruptions Search
5 - Traffic Alerts
6 - FAQs
7 - Useful Links
8 - Help
9 - Sitemap
0 - Access key details (Accessibility)

Browser Issues

It is worth noting that some browsers do not support accessibility keys.

Users who operate the Opera web browser should note that acessibility keys are supported by the Opera browser, but with a different key sequence. Please consult details here on using access keys with the Opera web browser.

Browser Text & Colours
You can specify the font sizes, styles, foreground and background colours of web pages displayed on your computer screen, even if the author of the web page has already specified these. You can also specify the colour used to indicate links in Web pages, or a special colour for links that are used only when the mouse passes over the link. This is useful if you have low vision, need larger fonts, or need high-contrast colours.

Microsoft Internet Explorer for PC
Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
Select 'Tools' from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select 'Internet options....'
Click on the 'General' tab
Click on the button marked 'Accessibility'
To change your font size, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore font sizes specified on Web pages'
To remove background and font colours, select the checkbox marked 'Ignore colours specified on web pages'
Click OK (and again if necessary)
Select 'View' from the menu at the top of your window
From the options which appear, select 'Text size'
Select your desired text size

Microsoft Internet Explorer for Apple Mac
Open your Internet Explorer Web Browser
Select the 'edit' menu at the top of your window
From the options menu which appear, select 'preferences'
Click on 'web content'
Deselect the button marked 'show style sheets'
Return to the list of preferences
Click on 'web browser'
Select 'language/fonts'
Select the font size you require