PACTS Conference Improving Safety on UK Roads Baroness Vere 30/03/21

UK record I’m proud that the UK has some of the safest roads in the world. [...] In June 2018, with help from the Road Safety Foundation and the RAC… We identified the top 50 most dangerous A roads in Britain and made a £100 million Safer Roads Fund available for specific safety interventions, as recommended by local authorities. [...] It’s right that the UK is a signatory to the UN agreements on vehicle standards. [...] And I am determined that as we build back better and greener… We protect the new wave of cyclists and walkers who have taken to the roads in greater numbers since the pandemic. [...] Therefore, we’ve consulted on the biggest shake up of the Highway Code in five years… To put cyclists, pedestrians and horse-riders on equal footing with motorists.