Question follow-through · 18464

Roads: Accidents

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of road fatalities.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
6 Dec 2024
Target answer date
10 Dec 2024
Answer
10 Dec 2024 · 4 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 6 Dec 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of road fatalities.

  2. 10 Dec 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Dec 2024

    Answer published

    Since the general election, the Department has begun work on a new Road Safety Strategy, the first in over a decade. The Department will share more details in due course.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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