Written question asked by Bob Russell (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 26 April 2011, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 28 April 2011. It was answered by Mike Penning (Conservative) on Tuesday, 7 June 2011 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have visited any accident and emergency departments of NHS hospitals to discuss with staff levels of medical attention required to deal with casualties arising from road crashes involving drivers (i) exceeding speed limits and (ii) driving under the influence of alcohol since May 2010.

Answer: Neither I nor other Transport Ministers have visited accident and emergency departments since May 2010 to discuss specifically the levels of medical attention associated with road casualties arising from speeding and drink driving.The Government plan to take further action on drink driving as set out in its response to the North review about drink and drug driving, which has been published on the Department for Transport website at:"http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/drivinglaws/govtresponse/"Our approach to road safety more generally, including speeding, has been set out in a strategic framework for road safety, published on 11 May on the Department for Transport website at:"http://www.dft.gov.uk/pgr/roadsafety/strategicframework/"

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