Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by International Transport Forum (ITF) member countries towards achieving the goal and objectives of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011–2020 following the ministerial declaration on transport safety and security agreed at the ITF Summit on 24 May.

All International Transport Forum member countries, including the UK, signed up to the 2018 ministerial declaration at the ITF Summit on 24^th May 2018. This recognises the progress made on the United Nations Decade of Action for Global Road Safety (2011-2020) but acknowledges there is still much work to be done to achieve this target.

On June 13 2018, The Department for Transport published a progress report to the UK’s “British Road Safety Statement”, which was published in December 2015, and sets out the Government’s commitment to actions that support the UN Decade for Road Safety. This includes measures to improve safety and reduce deaths for vulnerable road users such as cyclists, pedestrians and motorcyclists. It also includes enhancing road infrastructure and encouraging improved learning and better road behaviour. There are also actions on tackling mobile phone use while driving. The progress report was published alongside a written statement that confirmed the Department’s plan to define a refreshed Statement and a two-year action plan for road safety.

We are unable to provide details of what steps other individual member countries are taking towards achieving the goal and objectives of the United Nations Decade of Action for Road Safety.