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Hybrid Vehicles: Safety

Asked by Mr Richard HoldenConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 23 January 2026UIN 105761

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has considered (a) establishing an investigation mechanism and (b) commissioning an independent review into the safety performance of hybrid vehicles.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

As announced in the recently published Road Safety Strategy, the department will be establishing a data-led Road Safety Investigation Branch to learn lessons from road incidents, by taking a strategic, thematic approach, focusing on patterns of collisions, injury trends, and systemic safety issues.

There are currently no plans to commission an independent review into the safety performance of hybrid vehicles.

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