Hybrid Vehicles: Safety
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 March 2026 to Question 116554. whether she has made an assessment of the potential implications for her Department's policies of the analysis conducted by Thatcham Research on behalf of the insurance industry.
Answered by Simon Lightwood
The findings of Thatcham Research’s analysis align with the Department's wider understanding of the issues considered. The Department will continue to consider this analysis, and wider evidence sources, in its ongoing work to develop future policy and uphold the highest vehicle safety standards.
The research indicates that the risk of fire is comparatively the lowest in battery electric vehicles - 1 per 100,000 per year.
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