Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to reduce road accidents and fatalities among 15 to 18 year-olds; what plans they have to introduce restrictions on carrying passengers for that age group; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such a restriction on road accidents and fatalities in that age group.

Britain has some of the safest roads in the world, and there were fewer deaths on British roads in 2013 than at any time since records began. However, we want to make our roads even safer and that is why this Government will be looking at the best ways to improve road safety during this Parliament and beyond. There is a difficult balance to strike between the safety and the freedom of our young people. We won’t rule out any programme that safeguards young people, but at the moment we are focussing on technological and behavioural solutions.