Europe's largest tyre safety blitz starts next month when retailers in the UK, Germany, Italy, Netherlands and Scandinavia draw attention to the importance of keeping tyres safe and legal.

All professional tyre retailers are being offered the chance to join in the Tyrecheck 20000 campaign by the organisers, which includes the UK's National Tyre Distributors Association and begins on June 5.

The campaign, backed by leading tyre manufacturers, will offer free tyre checks in thousands of outlets and data collected from the checks will be analysed to draw an overall picture of Europe's tyre health.