Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 32675
Motorways: Safety Measures
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Mrs Elsie Blundell
Labour — Heywood 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 GreenwoodThe 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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