The Transport Committee will examine the Government’s Road Safety Strategy in the round as the first evidence session in the new inquiry gets under way.
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\r\nThe Government published the Road Safety Strategy in January 2026 following calls from experts and campaigners over many years for a comprehensive road safety strategy. It is guided by “a long-term ambition for nobody to be killed or seriously injured on roads in Great Britain,” with targets including a 65% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured by 2035.
\r\nWitnesses are likely to be asked whether the strategy goes far enough to deliver on the Government’s ambition and whether the 2035 targets are credible.
\r\nMPs will investigate the evidence base for the strategy and seek views on whether it strikes the right balance between road safety and independence for older drivers.
\r\nThey will consider approaches to speed in the strategy and what lessons should be drawn from Wales after the Welsh Government changed the default speed limit on all restricted roads in Wales to 20 mph in legislation that came into force in 2023.
\r\nThe Road Safety Strategy makes several references to Sweden, where the ‘Safe System’ approach – an internationally recognised, evidence-based approach to road safety – was devised in the 1980s. MPs will also consider whether the UK Government has drawn the right lessons from Sweden’s experience and what the limitations are in trying to apply the Safe System approach in the UK.
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