Written question asked by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Thursday, 2 July 2026, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 6 July 2026. It was answered by Simon Lightwood (Labour) on Friday, 10 July 2026 on behalf of the Department for Transport.
Road Traffic: Infrastructure
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the cost-benefit ratio of investing in traffic calming infrastructure compared to healthcare costs from road traffic accidents.
- Answer
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The Department for Transport has not made a specific assessment of the cost-benefit ratio of traffic calming infrastructure compared with healthcare costs arising from road traffic collisions. Decisions on the provision of traffic calming measures are a matter for local highway authorities, which are responsible for managing their road networks and assessing local needs and priorities.
Secondary information
- Type
- Written question
- Reference
- 15269
- Session
- 2026-27
- Transferred
- Yes
- Subjects
- Cost effectiveness Costs Accidents Health services Infrastructure Road traffic
- Contains statistics
- Yes
- Link
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- 2026-08-13 08:37:22 +0100
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