Vehicle recovery traction mat with lockable hinged sections

A vehicle recovery aid suitable for use in providing traction and support to a wheeled vehicle, the aid being elongate, having two ends, and comprising a plurality of longitudinally spaced interconnected wheel support elements for supporting at least one wheel of the wheeled vehicle, adjacent support elements being hingedly interconnected by a hinge mechanism so as to permit the aid to conform to the shape of a surface on which it is laid, each hinge mechanism having a released state in which the support elements are relatively displaceable, and a locked state in which relative displacement between the support elements is inhibited and comprising at least one linking member connected to, and extending between adjacent support elements, the linking member being pivotally connected to at least one of said support elements when the hinge mechanism is in its released state.