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1383084

registered interest
date	29/11/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of cyclist deaths per annum.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Dame Diana Johnson
uin	83275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2021 answer text <p>This Government is committed to increasing walking and cycling and making our roads safer for vulnerable road users including cyclists and pedestrians. The Government is investing £2bn of funding for cycling and walking over this Parliament to deliver the commitments outlined in the Prime Minister’s Gear Change Cycling and walking plan. These include providing hundreds of miles of new safe and fully segregated cycle routes as well as policy changes to improve safety for people cycling such as updating the Highway Code.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 02/12/2021 11:31:22 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

1303275

registered interest
date	17/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what is steps he is taking to protect cyclists from risk of injury as a result of potholes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	170634
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>On the local road network, local highway authorities have a duty under Section 41 of the Highways Act 1980 to maintain the highways network in their area. It is important that local highway authorities consider the needs of all road users, especially vulnerable groups such as cyclists, motorcyclists, and pedestrians, when planning their highway maintenance.</p><p> </p><p>In Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland responsibility for maintaining the highway rests with the respective devolved administration.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 26/03/2021 09:39:13 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1300185

registered interest
date	08/03/2021
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he took in response to cyclist fatalities in 2020.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Zarah Sultana
uin	164653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government takes very seriously the safety of cyclists and other vulnerable road users, and is committed to reducing the rate of cyclists killed or seriously injured on England’s roads. In July 2020 the Prime Minister launched ambitious plans to boost cycling and walking, with the ambition that half of all journeys in towns and cities are cycled or walked by 2030. This includes a £2 billion package of funding for active travel over 5 years, which is the largest ever boost for cycling and walking, and will deliver transformational change and improve safety for people cycling.</p><p> </p><p>One of the commitments within the plan, which will improve safety for people cycling, is to deliver the review of the Highway Code promised in the 2018 Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy Safety Review. The consultation on the review of the guidance in the Highway Code closed in October 2020 and the Government will issue its response in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 15/03/2021 16:31:32 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4786 label Biography information for Zarah Sultana

1250041

registered interest
date	06/11/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of cyclists who have died due to potholes on roads in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Coventry North East
tabling member printed	Colleen Fletcher
uin	91893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the cause of road accidents, or on potholes in road accidents specifically.</p><p> </p><p>Contributory factors assigned by police officers do not assign blame for the accident to any specific road user, however they do provide some insight into why and how road accidents occur. They give an indication of which factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full investigation of the incident before allocating contributory factors; they usually use professional judgement about what they can see at the scene.</p><p>The number of reported pedal cyclist fatalities in England where a contributory factor of ‘poor or defective road surface’ was reported in the personal injury road accident, for the last five years, is provided in the table.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>Reported pedal cyclist fatalities in road accidents where 'Poor or defective road surface' was reported as a contributory factor, selected areas, 2015 to 2019</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>Coventry</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Source: DfT STATS19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Road safety statistics are reported on a calendar year basis. The latest annual published statistics are for 2019. Data on reported personal injury road accidents in Great Britain for 2020 will be published in September 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 11/11/2020 11:24:54 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4378 label Biography information for Colleen Fletcher

1217070

registered interest
date	23/06/2020
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: 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 number of cyclists killed as a result of poor quality roads in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	63479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2020 answer text <p>Contributory factors assigned by police officers do not assign blame for the accident to any specific road user, however they do provide some insight into why and how road accidents occur. They give an indication of which factors the attending officer thought contributed to the accident. Officers do not need to carry out a full investigation of the incident before allocating contributory factors; they usually use professional judgement about what they can see at the scene. Not all accidents are included in the contributory factor data; only accidents where the police attended the scene and reported at least one contributory factor are included.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The number of pedal cyclists killed in road accidents where a contributory factor of ‘Poor or defective road surface’ was reported, in Great Britain, between the years 2009 and 2018 can be found in the below table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><p><strong>Pedal cyclist killed in accidents where contributory factor<sup>1 </sup>of 'Poor or defective road surface' was reported, Great Britain, 2009-2018</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Number of cyclists killed</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>6</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Source: DfT, STATS19</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p>1 Includes only those killed in accidents where a police officer attended the scene and in which a contributory factor was reported.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Poor or defective road surface </strong></p><p>Includes any obvious road surface defect such as potholes and cracks. Also includes roads where a worn surface or poor skid resistance is thought to have contributed to the accident.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 01/07/2020 15:01:46 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

1145557

registered interest
date	24/09/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Government plans to (a) bring forward legislative proposals and (b) amend the Charging Standard to (i) further protect cyclists and (ii) introduce stricter penalties for accidents involving cyclists where the driver is at fault.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	290279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department has no immediate plans to make legislative changes in relation to penalties for accidents involving cyclists where the driver is at fault.</p><p>There are already a number of measures in place to deal with road traffic offences including using mobile phones when driving, careless and dangerous driving and drink and drug driving. The Government will continue to keep offences and penalties under review to ensure the police and courts are able to deal with driving offences appropriately and proportionately.</p><p>Charging is a matter for the Crown Prosecution Service, and this Department cannot comment on this aspect.</p><p>The Department is concerned about the safety of cyclists. A Cycling and Walking Investment Strategy (CWIS) Safety Review Call for Evidence was published early last year and the Department received many responses. These included different ideas for improving the safety, and perceptions of safety, of cyclists and pedestrians, and different ways of educating motorists and improving empathy. A summary of responses was published on 18 October 2018 and the final Government response on 22 November 2018. Further details can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/governments-response-to-the-cycling-walking-investment-strategy-safety-review" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/governments-response-to-the-cycling-walking-investment-strategy-safety-review</a>.</p> answering member constituency Daventry answering member printed Chris Heaton-Harris question first answered 30/09/2019 15:42:17 answering member 3977 label Biography information for Chris Heaton-Harris
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe