Question follow-through · 15269

Road Traffic: Infrastructure

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio of investing in traffic calming infrastructure compared to healthcare costs from road traffic accidents.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
2 Jul 2026
Target answer date
6 Jul 2026
Answer
10 Jul 2026 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 2 Jul 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio of investing in traffic calming infrastructure compared to healthcare costs from road traffic accidents.

  2. 6 Jul 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 10 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of the cost-benefit ratio of traffic calming infrastructure compared with healthcare costs arising from road traffic collisions. Decisions on the provision of traffic calming measures are a m...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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