Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111374
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, whether her Department maintains a record of safety interventions, traffic contraventions and near-misses arising from autonomous vehicle trials.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe 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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