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1045519

registered interest
date	21/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to increase the safety of people that use bicycles.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	210578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 answer text <p>This Government is determined to make cycling and walking safer and easier, which is why the Department for Transport undertook a major cycling and walking safety review in 2018. The response to the review, which was published on 22 November and is available 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>, included a detailed two-year action plan.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 03/04/2019 09:45:04 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1042263

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	Motorcycles: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what conclusions the Road Collision Investigation Project has made on road accidents involving motorcyclists.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	209338
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>In June 2018, the Government announced that the RAC Foundation, supported by £480,000 of Government funding, would lead the trial of an innovative new approach to road casualty investigation alongside police forces. As part of this initiative dedicated teams will be carrying out in-depth research in selected cases to get a better understanding of what is really causing collisions on our roads. These collisions will be analysed in 3 regions over 3 years and will look at collisions covering a range of modes of travel, including motorbikes. The Government will release a final report at the end of the project.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/01/2019 17:44:22 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1041666

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 6 of his Department's publication entitled Facts on motorcyclists casualties, published in June 2015, what the proportion is of (a) car drivers and (b) light van drivers whose contributory factor of their accidents involving motorcyclists was their failure to look properly in each year from 2013 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	208890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The publication entitled <em>Facts on Motorcyclist Casualties</em> published in June 2015 provided information on the proportion of cars and light goods vehicles allocated the contributory factor ‘failed to look properly’ in accidents involving a motorcyclist casualty where a police officer attended the scene of the accident. These proportions for each year from 2013 to 2017 are presented in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>Since police officers do not always record a contributory factor when they attend a scene, we have also included data showing the proportion for those accidents where a contributory factor was recorded. This is the more commonly presented approach for contributory factors.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Proportion of vehicles involved in accidents with at least one motorcycle casualty and police officer attending where 'Failed to look properly' contributory factor allocated, Great Britain, 2013 to 2017</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>As a proportion of all vehicles in these accidents</p></td><td><p>As a proportion of all vehicles in these accidents where at least one contributory factor allocated</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Vehicle</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>47.4%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>46.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.5%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>47.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.2%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>48.8%</em></p></td><td><p><em>49.6%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>48.6%</em></p></td><td><p><em>50.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>45.9%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>45.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.0%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>46.2%</em></p></td><td><p><em>47.3%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Car</p></td><td><p><em>40.0%</em></p></td><td><p><em>40.9%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Light goods vehicle</p></td><td><p><em>37.7%</em></p></td><td><p><em>38.4%</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>Source: DfT STATS19</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Using this approach, the proportion of cars and light goods vehicles allocated the contributory factor ‘failed to look properly’ for the years 2009 to 2013 in the 2015 report would have been 48.1% and 48.2% respectively.</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> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 21/01/2019 11:02:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1041381

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
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 189742 to Question 189742 on Motorcycles: Safety, when he plans to publish the refreshed Road Safety Statement.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	208365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department intends to publish the refreshed Road Safety Statement later this year.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 17/01/2019 14:10:50 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1041453

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Lighting
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 16 April 2018 to Question 134899 on Motor Vehicles: Lighting, whether the review of the technical requirements been published.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	208414
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) informal working group (IWG) on Visibility, Glare and Levelling has reported back to the Working Party on Lighting and Light Signalling. The documents and reports for these groups are publicly available on the UNECE website: <a href="http://www.unece.org/trans/main/welcwp29.html" target="_blank">http://www.unece.org/trans/main/welcwp29.html</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The IWG proposed to revise the headlamp aiming criteria for new vehicles but the working party did not consider their proposal to be sufficiently developed for inclusion in the regulations. As a result, it was decided that this work will continue as part of a broader review of vehicle lighting regulations.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 22/01/2019 11:42:51 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1028654

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Safety
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans his Department has to increase motorcycle safety.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	203935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The statement in June 2018 explained that work was in progress on proposals to strengthen the compulsory basic training regime for learner motorcyclists, to ensure a lifetime of safe riding for all riders. The Department and DVSA are working and continue to work to bring these forward including liaising with stakeholders and identifying any areas which may require further consultation.</p><p>The forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement will focus on four key priority groups including motorcyclists, rural road users, young road users and older road users.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203936 question first answered 09/01/2019 17:10:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1028655

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to the Road Safety Statement: Progress Report document published 13 June 2018, what progress has been made since the publication of that document to strengthen the compulsory basic training regime for motorcyclists.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	203936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2019 answer text <p>The statement in June 2018 explained that work was in progress on proposals to strengthen the compulsory basic training regime for learner motorcyclists, to ensure a lifetime of safe riding for all riders. The Department and DVSA are working and continue to work to bring these forward including liaising with stakeholders and identifying any areas which may require further consultation.</p><p>The forthcoming refreshed Road Safety Statement will focus on four key priority groups including motorcyclists, rural road users, young road users and older road users.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 203935 question first answered 09/01/2019 17:10:59 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1010545

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Driving Tests
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that motorcycle awareness is part of the car driving theory test.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	193488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/11/2018 answer text <p>The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency’s driver testing includes theory questions, hazard perception clips and the practical on road test.</p><p> </p><p>Motorcycle awareness is already part of the car theory test. The multiple choice part of the theory test includes questions about the vulnerability of motorcyclists, particularly in the adverse weather conditions, and about their visibility. The hazard perception part of the theory test includes many hazards involving motorcyclists; every candidate sitting the car theory test sees at least one hazard involving a motorcyclist.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 26/11/2018 17:02:03 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1010546

registered interest
date	20/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles
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 proportion of vehicles on (a) urban roads, (b) rural roads, and (c) motorways that are motorcycles in each year from 2014 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	193489
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>The Department produces estimates of vehicle flows by vehicle type and road type. Based on 2017 estimates, motor-cycles accounted for 0.8% of motor vehicle flow on Britain’s roads.</p><p>Proportion of motor vehicles that are motor-cycles by road type and year in Great Britain, 2014 - 2017</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(a) Urban Roads</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(b) Rural Roads</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>(c) Motorways</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>All Roads</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.4%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>1.2%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td><td><p>0.3%</p></td><td><p>0.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further contextual information can be found on the data.gov.uk website here:</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/road-traffic-statistics</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 27/11/2018 14:45:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1003628

registered interest
date	09/11/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Motorcycles: 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 on the average weekly number of (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries to motorcyclists from 2014 to 2017.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	189745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>The tables below provide the number of motorcyclists killed and seriously injured between 2014 and 2017 and the weekly average which is derived from this. The annual data can be found in published table RAS30066 here: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743654/ras30066.ods</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>Reported motorcycle user casualties, Great Britain, 2014-2017</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Number of casualties</strong></p></td><td><p><strong> </strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Weekly average</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Killed</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Serious</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td><p>339</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,289</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>101</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2015</strong></p></td><td><p>365</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,042</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>97</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p>319</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,553</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>6</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>106</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>349</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,592</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p><em>7</em></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><em>107</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p>Source: DfT Stats19</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Please note that the number of serious injuries provided is as reported by the police. Since 2016, changes in severity reporting systems for a large number of police forces mean that serious injury figures, and to a lesser extent slight injuries, are not comparable with earlier years.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman grouped question UIN 189743 question first answered 19/11/2018 17:39:17 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith