Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 32675

Motorways: Safety Measures

Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of re-introducing the hard shoulder on all motorways.

Answer

Lilian Greenwood
The latest set of safety data published by National Highways continues to show that, overall, smart motorways are safer than conventional motorways for deaths or serious injuries. However, the risk of a collision between a moving and a stopped vehicle is ...

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