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1028654

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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