Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks of bright vehicle headlights impeding the vision of oncoming drivers.

The Department’s published road casualty statistics include figures for the number of collisions where ‘vision affected by dazzling headlights’ was recorded as a contributory factor by a police officer attending the scene. In 2023, the latest year for which this data is available, there were 216 reported injury collisions with this factor assigned which equates to 0.2% of overall collisions recorded.

In recognition of public concern about headlamp glare, the recently published Road Safety Strategy includes a commitment to carry out further research in this area.