Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111374

Road Traffic Offences: Driverless Vehicles

Tabled: 5 February 2026
Answered: 16 February 2026

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal DemocratDidcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department maintains a record of safety interventions, traffic contraventions and near-misses arising from autonomous vehicle trials.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Department for Transport does not retain a specific record as set out in the Honourable Member’s question. However, any data related to any incidents from automated vehicle trials, which take place with a safety driver in the vehicle, would be capture...

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