Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to strengthen vehicle safety standards to better protect pedestrians.

The Government is amending Great Britain’s vehicle type approval regulations to require a broad range of new vehicles to be fitted with 18 additional safety technologies. These include measures to improve the safety of car fronts in the event of a collision with a pedestrian, as well as mandating advanced emergency braking systems capable of detecting and avoiding such collisions.

The Department for Transport also remains a member of the European New Car Assessment Programme (Euro NCAP) which supports the uptake of these technologies and encourages manufacturers to develop systems that exceed the minimum regulatory standards.