Ban on old tyres comes into force following Merseyside mum's campaign

A law banning old tyres from lorries, buses and coaches has come into force following a campaign by the mother of a teenager killed in a crash.

Frances Molloy has been calling for a change in the law since the death of her son, Michael, 18, in a coach crash as he travelled home to Liverpool from Bestival on the Isle of Wight in 2012.

An inquest into the crash, which also killed 23-year-old Kerry Ogden and coach driver Colin Daulby, 53, found it was caused by a tyre that was nearly 20 years old.

From 1 February, Construction and Use Regulations will not allow tyres which are more than 10 years old to be used on the front steered axles of lorries, buses, coaches or for all single wheels fitted to a minibus.

In November, Mrs Molloy told ITV News: "For me to sit back and do absolutely nothing, was like saying Michael's life wasn't worth anything and they were going to let him just be a statistic. I was absolutely determined that they wouldn't."

It follows an eight year campaign and the legislation having been rejected by Parliament eight times.

The change in law was announced by Roads Minister Baroness Vere last July.

Speaking at the time, she said: "This change is in no small way the result of years of campaigning, particularly from Frances Molloy, to whom I thank and pay tribute."