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Roads: Accidents

Asked by Preet Kaur GillLabour (Co-op)Department for TransportTabled Answered 28 April 2025UIN 45086

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated Road Safety Investigation Branch to (a) investigate road deaths and incidents and (b) recommend necessary improvements.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Improving road safety is a key priority. Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government is working hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users.

The Department is continuing to review potential future road safety interventions and available options to increase the overall safety of our roads.

We are committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade - and will set out next steps on this in due course.

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