Roads: Safety

(asked on 4th June 2018) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress the UK has made towards the commitments made in the ministerial declaration on transport safety and security agreed at the 2018 Summit of the International Transport Forum on 24 May to (1) "encourage an integrated approach to reduce or eliminate road traffic fatalities and serious injuries backed by intermediate voluntary targets with regular monitoring to guide actions", and (2) "support efforts and initiatives that take into account the need for safe transport for everyone across all means of transport, notably vulnerable travellers such as pedestrians, cyclists, children, older and disabled people".


Answered by
Baroness Sugg Portrait
Baroness Sugg
This question was answered on 18th June 2018

The UK has a commitment to reduce fatalities and serious injuries, which is outlined in the Road Safety Statement published in December 2015, and which was updated on 13 June 2018. In the Written Ministerial Statement accompanying the update report, the Road Safety Minister outlined a two-year action plan to address his four priority groups of road users: young people, rural road users, motorcyclists and older vulnerable users. The Statement includes measures to enhance road infrastructure, and to encourage improved learning and better road behaviour especially in younger drivers.

The UK does not mandate central targets, although local authorities are free to set their own targets if they wish. The Government also continues to support the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals on Road Safety.

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