Oxfordshire is a popular location for us for advanced and defensive driver training, in cars, vans and HGVs. It has a huge expanse of rural roads, which forms are a key part of our driver training. Also, the M40 is a centrally located motorway in the county, which is ideal for our motorway training element (if needed), as is the M4 if you are located more towards South Oxfordshire. We provide driver training in all the main towns and cities in the county, such as Oxford, Abingdon, Banbury, Witney etc.
Remember – Each driving course is totally bespoke to your own specific needs and requirements. This applies to both our business and private client courses.
As we have full UK coverage, we can come to any part of Oxfordshire for the training, not just the key locations, whether you are a business customer or a private individual.
During the training, we can often cover a lot of mileage, usually heading out of the county over to the west into Gloucestershire, east towards Aylesbury on the A41 or A418, or south towards Newbury on the busy A34. This is mainly based on what you want from the session and if you opt for a full or half-day session.
During our driver training in Oxfordshire, we cover a wide range of elements, including:
- Advanced observation
- Speed control and limit awareness
- Creating a positive driver
- How to adapt your driving for safety on all types of roads
- How rules of the road can be applied and easily understood
- Dealing with stress and how to defuse potential road rage situations
- Manoeuvres, parking and driving in restricted spaces
- Driving in poor weather
- How to become a defensive driver in urban traffic
- What is a skid, types of skids and how defensive driving can reduce them from happening
- Learning eco-safe driving
- How to better read and understand the actions and potential actions of other road users
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Personal benefits of taking advanced and defensive driver training with us:
- Increase your levels of confidence
- Identify and remove any bad habits
- Look at issues that may be specific to you
- Increase your car control on all road types
- Reduce wear on your car
- Improve your MPG – get more miles from your tank
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If you are looking at advanced/defensive driver training as part of a fleet driver training plan, the advantages include:
- Increase safety in your fleet
- Demonstrate your Duty of Care
- Potentially lower your fleet insurance costs
- Boost morale among your drivers
- Provide added skill and confidence for your employees
- Lower your fleet fuel costs
Contact Us:
You can book a course online at www.advanced-driving.co.uk/book/ or please call us or send us an email. We aim to reply to all emails within 1 hour during working hours. Whether you are looking for a quote based on a large number of drivers or simply have a few questions (private and business customers), our team are here to help you.
Road Safety Risks and Information – Oxfordshire
The M40 skirts the eastern edge of Oxfordshire, and several fast A road routes also cross the county, and the M4 is linked easily to the north. Many severe accidents are noted across Oxfordshire across all roads, rural roads, motorways, and fast main roads alike.
The M40 travels through Oxfordshire from the M25 at High Wycombe to Birmingham, where it joins the M5 near Kidderminster and is littered with accident sites. Many are seen between junctions 6 and 7, with several fatal collisions found at the challenging intersection at junction 8a, where the A40 joins the M40. Further along the M40, there are some high-risk areas around junction 10, which links to the A43. The A44 is one of the main A road routes that crosses Oxfordshire, and this has seen far more severe accidents than the motorway in the same area. The London Road from Chipping Norton to Enstone has seen severe collisions involving multiple vehicles, and the Oxford Road around Woodstock is also a very high-risk area. The A40 from Burford through Witney and into Oxford is also littered with many serious accidents, with the majority along the patch of road between Barnard Gate and Cassington, where minor roads cross the fast A road. The A40 merges into the A418 at Wheatley into Thame, and this has unfortunately seen several fatalities, especially at the intersection of the A4129 Tythrop Way and the B4011 Thame Road.
Rural Oxfordshire is very beautiful and attracts many drivers who are unfamiliar with the area, and as it borders the Cotswolds to the west of the county, it sees many tourists. The A361 through Little Farringdon is a particularly hazardous route similar to the A424 through the Rissingtons.
This is a short outline of collision sites in Oxfordshire. If you have any specific roads you travel on in the area and are keen to discover what parts are at higher risk of collisions, please contact us. We offer a free-of-charge service to anyone who is interested.