Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Sugg on 29 November (HL11551), whether the impact assessment into whether to retrofit sideguard to specific heavy goods vehicles took into account the extra casualties that may occur by excluding retrofitting of sideguards to lorries.
The analysis on whether to require retro fitting of sideguards on specific heavy goods vehicles took into account the potential reduction in casualties. A consultation on the changes to the Road Vehicles (Construction and Use) Regulations 1986 is planned for 2019.