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Road Traffic Offences: Driverless Vehicles

Asked by Olly GloverLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 16 February 2026UIN 111374

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a record of safety interventions, traffic contraventions and near-misses arising from autonomous vehicle trials.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department for Transport does not retain a specific record as set out in the Honourable Member’s question. However, any data related to any incidents from automated vehicle trials, which take place with a safety driver in the vehicle, would be captured within road safety data regularly published by the Department.

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