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The Transport Committee has launched (29 January) a new call for evidence for their inquiry into ‘Road Safety Strategy’.
The deadline for submissions to the Committee is 13 March 2026. CIHT will be responding, please see below how to help shape CIHT's response.
The Department for Transport and the UK Government has published a Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade.
The strategy sets out the Government’s intended approach to reducing death and serious injury on Britain’s roads. across four different themes: supporting road users, using technology, data and innovation, safer infrastructure and robust enforcement.
A series of consultations has been launched under the strategy on measures designed to improve driver competence, support safer driving in later life, strengthen rider safety, and enhance vehicle safety standards.
The Transport Committee has launched an inquiry to examine the ambitions and potential effectiveness of the strategy.
CIHT's analysis of the Road Safety Strategy is available to read here.
The committee will examine the UK Government’s proposals and consultations, and evidence on wider issues raised by the strategy, including speed limit management, safety on rural roads, and lessons from international and UK practice.
a. The strategy sets targets of a 65 per cent reduction in people killed or seriously injured (KSI), and a 70 per cent reduction in child KSIs, by 2035. Do these targets reflect the right level of ambition?
b. Are governance, delivery and resourcing arrangements across Government departments and key partners strong enough to achieve these targets?
c. Are the measures set out in the Strategy collectively sufficient to deliver its targets? What further measures, if any, would strengthen its impact?
d. Are the measures set out in the Strategy based on robust evidence?
e. The Government has said its Strategy is informed by Sweden’s Safe System approach. What other international or UK examples offer the most relevant lessons for reducing deaths and serious injuries?
f. What measures would be most effective in reducing deaths and serious injuries involving new and novice drivers? What are the likely impacts of introducing a minimum learning period for learner drivers?
g. What is the right approach to safe driving later in life? What safeguards are required to protect both safety and independence of older drivers?
h. What should the proposed work-related road safety charter require of organisations that employ people to drive or ride for work?
i. To what extent does fear of traffic danger deter certain modes of travel, particularly walking and cycling, and what measures would be most effective in addressing this?
j. What should reform of motorcycle training, testing and licensing look like in practice?
k. How can Government maximise the safety benefits of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and ensure they are used safely and appropriately?
l. What is the right approach to strengthening vehicle safety standards? What measures should the Government prioritise in response to issues such as headlamp glare, increasing vehicle size and any broader issues not currently being considered by the Government’s consultation?
m. How should evidence on the relationship between speed limits and safety influence new guidance? Does the Strategy strike the correct balance between a nationally-set direction and local decision-making regarding speed?
n. What measures would be most effective in improving safety on rural roads, and is the Strategy’s proposed approach sufficient?
o. What scope is there for road design and maintenance to further improve safety?
Theme 4: Robust enforcement to protect all road users
p. What measures would most improve compliance and deterrence in relation to motoring offences? Which such offences have the biggest impacts on collision and casualty rates?
q. What role do the type and severity of sanctions play in deterring dangerous driving, and which sanctioning approaches are most effective at changing driver behaviour?
If you would like to help CIHT shape its response, please send your comments by 9 February to the questions in the form below.
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