Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 127109

Driving Instruction: Large Goods Vehicles

Tabled: 14 April 2026
Answered: 17 April 2026

Question

Mohammad Yasin

LabourBedford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of driver training and testing in preparing drivers to undertake safe overtaking of heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) on (a) rural roads and (b) motorways;

Answer

Keir Mather
The Department publishes several data sets on collisions that can be viewed on GOV.UK. The RAS0503: Vehicle type and manoeuvre report includes figures on the number of vehicles that were overtaking another vehicle at the time of their collision. However, ...

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