The Transport Committee will hear from a five-strong panel of expert witnesses as it continues its inquiry into the government’s Road Safety Strategy.
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\r\nIt is also set to cover wider policy issues relating to road design, rural roads, speed management, how road users interact with infrastructure and how infrastructure improvements could be delivered in practice.
\r\nThe Road Safety Strategy sets out targets including a 65% reduction in the number of people killed or seriously injured by 2035. At the “heart” of the strategy is the Safe System, an evidence-based approach to road safety designed in Sweden in in 1980s.
\r\nWitnesses will be quizzed on the ambitions and targets of the Road Safety Strategy and whether there is enough investment behind it.
\r\nThey may be asked what the Safe System approach could look like here in practice and how Government should be guided by its implementation elsewhere.
\r\nMPs could also explore the significance of road maintenance in reducing deaths and serious injuries, the distinct challenges of rural roads and whether the Government’s strategy has adequate measures to deal with the risks that cyclists face.
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