Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of road safety in England.

We have some of the safest roads in the world, but we are not complacent. The Government takes road safety very seriously. Reducing the numbers of those needlessly killed and injured on our roads is a key priority for this Department.

The Department for Transport is developing the new Road Safety Strategic Framework which will include an implementation plan to improve road safety. We are considering road safety indicators as part of the Road Safety Strategic Framework. It is our intention, subject to wider consultation and agreement, to publish in the spring.