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	registered interest
	date	13/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the economy of road crashes resulting in (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries in the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	253474
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures available for the total cost elements of reported accidents are:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Deaths</p></td><td><p>Serious injuries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>£3,571M (at 2017 prices)</p></td><td><p>£5,490M (at 2017 prices)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A full breakdown on accident and casualty costs by year has been published on <a href="http://www.gov.uk" target="_blank">www.gov.uk</a> (see <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras60-average-value-of-preventing-road-accidents</a> - Table RAS60003 has the total value of prevention for accidents of all severity, by cost element.)</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 20/05/2019 14:07:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1088391

	registered interest
	date	13/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 22 February 2019 to Question 221797 on Roads: Accidents, if his Department will make an assessment of the merits of recording the number of road accidents attributed to glare from (a) LED and (b) halogen bulbs in car headlights; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	232053
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department periodically reviews the data collection on personal injury road accidents reported to the police, in a process called Stats19 reviews. A Stats19 review started in autumn 2018 and is currently considering what amendments need to be made to the collection.</p><p> </p><p>In making recommendations for change, the review considers evidence on the burden this would impose on the police to collect it, the practicality and likely quality of the data collected and potential benefits in building the road safety evidence base to save lives. We aim to consult on potential changes to the collection in 2020 following detailed engagement with the police and road safety organisations in 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 18/03/2019 11:59:43 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1086613

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were killed or seriously injured on the roadside when they were in the presence of a stationary vehicle using a warning beacon emitting a flashing red light in each of the last three years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	230683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on whether people killed or seriously injured were alongside or in the presence of a stationary vehicle using a warning beacon emitting a flashing light and for what purpose.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 230684 230685 question first answered 13/03/2019 15:08:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1086614

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were killed or seriously injured on the roadside when they were in the presence of a stationary vehicle using a warning beacon emitting flashing an amber light in each of the last 10 years for which data is available.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	230684
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on whether people killed or seriously injured were alongside or in the presence of a stationary vehicle using a warning beacon emitting a flashing light and for what purpose.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 230683 230685 question first answered 13/03/2019 15:08:44 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1086615

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people were killed or seriously injured working alongside a stationary vehicle using a flashing amber warning beacon permitted for the purpose of (a) collecting refuse, (b) road clearance, (c) inspecting, cleansing, maintaining, adjusting, renewing or installing any apparatus which is in, on, under or over a road, (d) testing, maintaining, improving, cleansing or watering roads and (e) surveying in each of the last 10 years for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	230685
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on whether people killed or seriously injured were alongside or in the presence of a stationary vehicle using a warning beacon emitting a flashing light and for what purpose.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 230683 230684 question first answered 13/03/2019 15:08:45 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1077154

	registered interest
	date	25/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps is he taking to reduce the number of people killed and seriously injured on roads.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	uin	225607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department is currently taking forward a number of road safety measures in accordance with its publicly stated road safety priorities, through the Road Safety Statement.</p><p> </p><p>In June last year, the Department issued a written statement to Parliament which included a progress report on the actions from that statement. Full details are available on the www.gov.uk website.</p><p>(<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/road-safety-recent-progress-and-future-work" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/road-safety-recent-progress-and-future-work</a>)</p><p> </p><p>The Department intends to publish a refreshed road safety statement and a two-year road safety action plan later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 28/02/2019 15:55:57 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1061054

	registered interest
	date	14/02/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of road accidents attributed to glare from (a) LED and (b) halogen bulbs in car headlights in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
	tabling member printed	Martyn Day
	uin	221797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Department does not collect data on road accidents which were attributed to glare from LED and halogen bulbs in particular.</p><p> </p><p>The published table series RAS50 show contributory factors in reported road accidents involving personal injury: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras50-contributory-factors" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/ras50-contributory-factors</a>. This includes the contributory factor of ‘dazzling headlights’ where the driver/rider was dazzled by headlights.</p><p> </p><p>In 2017, there were 315 reported accidents where ‘dazzling headlights’ were reported as a contributory factor in Great Britain. This represents 0.3% of all accidents where a police officer attended the scene and a contributory factor was allocated. The proportion remained stable since 2005 when the recording of contributory factors started.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/02/2019 12:53:09 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1051324

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether there has been a modal shift in the number of injury-causing accidents in locations where turbo-roundabouts have been introduced; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Dundee West
	tabling member printed	Chris Law
	uin	214574
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold a record of where and when turbo-roundabouts are introduced, and the information held on junctions in its road accidents data does not provide this level of detail.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/02/2019 12:08:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4403 label Biography information for Chris Law

1042264

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	If he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow roadside rescue and recovery operators to use red warning light on their vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hemel Hempstead
	tabling member printed	Sir Mike Penning
	uin	209303
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the important work that recovery operators perform. The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations (RVLR) 1989 permit the use of amber warning beacons capable of emitting a flashing or rotating beam of light to raise awareness of vehicles during recovery operations. Amber is a universally recognised signal colour.</p><p> </p><p>RVLR also permits the use of an illuminated warning sign which must show a steady light, and be red if showing to the rear of the vehicle, and white or in some circumstances yellow if showing to the front.</p><p> </p><p>There are no current plans to change the law.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/01/2019 13:30:16 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning

1042362

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2019
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Roads: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to encourage local authorities to issue public safety campaigns to reduce the number of pedestrians involved in traffic accidents.
	tabling member constituency	Lewisham West and Penge
	tabling member printed	Ellie Reeves
	uin	209378
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>The Road Traffic Act 1988 gives local authorities the responsibility for carrying out a programme of road safety and to take preventative measures including dissemination of information such as public education campaigns.</p><p> </p><p>The Government wants to see roads which are safe and which meet the needs of all users, including vulnerable road users such as pedestrians. The Government encourages local authorities, schools and the public to use its THINK! road safety educational campaigns and resources, which cover a wide range of issues. These campaigns encourage safer behaviours, so as to reduce the number of people killed and injured.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 23/01/2019 13:54:06 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
	tabling member	4620 label Biography information for Ellie Reeves