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Roads: Safety

Question for Department for Transport

UIN 5559, tabled on 6 December 2023

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to help improve the safety of residential roads.

Answered on

14 December 2023

We have some of the safest roads in the world, but we are not complacent.

The Department for Transport provides guidance to LTAs on various traffic management measures which impact road safety. A collection of these can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-transport-notes.

Guidance provided by the Department for LTAs is kept updated to maintain the highest road safety standards possible. The responsibility for making decisions about the roads under its care, including measures to improve the safety of residential roads, sits with the relevant Local Traffic Authority (LTA).