Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information he holds on the number of serious incidents associated with all-lane-running motorway schemes.

The table below reflects the number of collisions where a casualty was recorded as serious on all lane running smart motorways between 2015-2017

All data used is validated STATS19 data and includes collisions on main carriageways and slip roads from 2015-2017 (3 years). 2018 STATS19 data has recently been released and we are currently analysing the data, hence it not being included above.

The figures include all incidents where a collision was recorded / classified as including a serious injury regardless of causation, contributory factors or circumstances of the incident.

It should be noted that the total length of ALR smart motorways increased during the 3-year period; from two schemes in 2015 to eight schemes in 2017. Highways England continues to deliver the Smart Motorway Programme, increasing the number of schemes year on year.

The Secretary of State, as set out in the House on 24 October 2019, has asked the Department to carry out, at pace, an evidence stocktake to gather the facts about smart motorway safety.