Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 15269

Road Traffic: Infrastructure

Tabled: 2 July 2026
Answered: 10 July 2026

Question

Liam Byrne

LabourBirmingham Hodge Hill and Solihull North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio of investing in traffic calming infrastructure compared to healthcare costs from road traffic accidents.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of the cost-benefit ratio of traffic calming infrastructure compared with healthcare costs arising from road traffic collisions. Decisions on the provision of traffic calming measures are a m...

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