Committees

The roll-out and safety of smart motorways

Inquiry

This inquiry will look at the safety of smart motorways and public confidence in their use as well as their impact upon congestion.

Concerns about the safety of smart motorways have been emphasised recently with a number of fatalities on them and criticism by coroners investigating those deaths.

In 2020, the Department for Transport published an evidence review of smart motorway safety. This concluded that “in most ways, smart motorways are as safe as, or safer than, conventional motorways”, and made pledges to improve their safety.

Read the call for evidence for more details about the inquiry.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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Third Report - Rollout and safety of smart motorways
Inquiry The roll-out and safety of smart motorways
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Response to this report
Rollout and safety of smart motorways: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report
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Special Report
Rollout and safety of smart motorways: Government Response to the Committee's Third Report
Inquiry The roll-out and safety of smart motorways
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Correspondence

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Correspondence from John Larkinson, Chief Executive, Office of Rail and Road, relating to the roll-out and safety motorways, dated 17 June 2021
Inquiry The roll-out and safety of smart motorways
HC 27
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Correspondence from Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, relating to smart motorways and publication of Highway Code update, dated 14 September 2021
Inquiry The roll-out and safety of smart motorways
HC 26
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Correspondence from Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Minister for Roads, Buses and Places, Department for Transport, relating to the roll-out and safety of smart motorways, dated 7 September 2021
Inquiry The roll-out and safety of smart motorways
HC 26
Correspondence

Oral evidence transcripts

No oral evidence transcripts published.

Written evidence

No written evidence published.

Other publications

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Contact us

Please note: The Transport Committee examines policy issues relating to the Department for Transport and its associated bodies. It is unable to investigate, or adjudicate on, individual cases.

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