Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he is taking to support road safety for deaf and blind people.

The Government takes road safety very seriously. Any death on the road is completely unacceptable, and while the UK has some of the safest roads in the world, we will continue to focus on making them safer through our new integrated strategy to boost safety for all road-users, the Road Safety Strategic Framework.

Those most at risk when using the highway, such as deaf and blind people, are one of our priority groups, and recent proposed updates to The Highway Code specifically consider the needs of those groups to ensure they are safe in their interactions with other road users. We are also currently preparing updates to the Guidance on the use of Tactile Paving Surfaces and Inclusive Mobility. These support local authorities to deliver accessible transport and pedestrian environments.