Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 122293
Hybrid Vehicles: Fires
Tabled: 19 March 2026
Answered: 30 March 2026
Question
Mr Richard Holden
Conservative — Basildon and Billericay
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has assessed the implications for its policies of findings from the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency indicating that hybrid vehicles experience approximately 3,475 fires per 100,000 veh
Answer
Keir MatherThe safety of hybrid-electric vehicles is of paramount importance to the Government and is kept under regular review. According to data from Thatcham Research, 2022, which compares claims data from the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register against...
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