PACTS has provided a briefing paper

▪ PACTS calls on the UK Government to ensure that: no vehicle is imported to the UK with lower than EU vehicle safety standards; no vehicle is imported to the UK without recently agreed EU vehicle safety standards that will be mandated from 2022; the mutual recognition process for car safety standards focuses directly on comparisons with prescribed crash protection standards which affect the. [...] The highest-selling vehicle overall in the US since 1981 is the Ford F-Series pick-up truck, currently the F150.3 An expansion of volume in this type of vehicle offers potential risks to drivers and passengers of the smaller car population in the UK. [...] ▪ Substantial improvements in the safety of new vehicles in the UK and in Europe have resulted from a combination of mandatory EU and UNECE safety requirements for new vehicles, by Euro NCAP (the European New Car Assessment Programme) safety ratings, and by manufacturer initiatives. [...] Crucial safety adaptations to cars will still be necessary to overcome the differences in safety performances that are essential for the EU and US situations on specific aspects.” It stated that “A passenger car coming into the EU from the US, complying with all US rules, would for instance always have to be supplemented with at least the EU specific pedestrian safety provisions that would remain. [...] Once a world leader in road safety performance, the figures for 2019 indicate that the UK has fallen to 5th place among European countries in terms of the number of deaths per 100,000 population.11 ▪ Against this background PACTS calls on the Government to ensure that: no vehicle is imported to the UK with lower than EU vehicle safety standards; no vehicle is imported to the UK without recentl.