Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing a dedicated Road Safety Investigation Branch to (a) investigate road deaths and incidents and (b) recommend necessary improvements.

Improving road safety is a key priority. Injuries and fatalities from road collisions caused by driving are unacceptable, and this Government is working hard to prevent these tragedies for all road users.

The Department is continuing to review potential future road safety interventions and available options to increase the overall safety of our roads.

We are committed to delivering a new Road Safety Strategy – the first in over a decade - and will set out next steps on this in due course.