Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111373
Road Traffic Offences: Driverless Vehicles
Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026
Question
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what guidance her Department has issued to the police on detecting and enforcing traffic contraventions committed by autonomous vehicles where no human driver is actively controlling the vehicle.
Answer
Simon LightwoodSection 39 of the Automated Vehicles Act 2024 (“AV Act”) sets out the Secretary of State’s duty to identify and investigate incidents involving automated vehicles which have potential regulatory consequences. Chapter 2 of the ongoing Call for Evidence, “D...
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