Buses: Safety Belts
(asked on 15th July 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2025 to Question 62375 on Buses: Safety Belts, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of 3-point seat belts on passenger safety.
The Road Safety Observatory, supported by the Department for Transport, summarises and reviews research on road safety, including seat belts. It identified research indicating that 3-point seat belts in vehicles can reduce the serious injury rate by 60% compared to being unrestrained. There is no specific assessment for buses.
The Road Safety Observatory synthesis on seat belts is available from the RoSPA website and can be found at the following link:-