Written question asked by Jessica Morden (Labour) on Thursday, 30 January 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 (named day). It was answered by George Freeman (Conservative) on Tuesday, 4 February 2020 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Roads: Accidents

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress the road collision investigation project led by the RAC Foundation has made; and what plans he has to extend that scheme to Wales.

Answer

The Road Collision Investigation Project is ongoing. Progress to date includes:

A report on Models and methods for collision analysis giving the rationale for taking a systems approach to collision investigation.

RCIP Feasibility Study carried out by the Transport Research Laboratory to assess the validity of the AcciMap framework

This work is being led by the RAC Foundation, in collaboration with and supported by the Department for Transport (DfT), Highways England (HE), the National Police Chiefs Council (NPCC) and other national and local organisations.

Three police force analysts are all using the Collision Reporting and Sharing System managed and funded by the Department for Transport - no Welsh forces use this system at present, though it would be open for them to do so. The learning from the project will be published in due course and will be available to all of central and local government (including devolved administrations), and all GB police forces.

Secondary information