Department for Transport

“On the 6 May 2020 we propose to highlight the areas of concern in your report to attendees at our regular Heavy Vehicle Industry Forum.”

“During the next few weeks: e the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) will circulate an update to its distribution list of haulage operators' information that will state that aftermarket dashboard trays breach testing rules and should be removed when heavy goods vehicles are being driven; e the DVSA will publish similar information on the gov.uk website; e DVSA compliance officers will be made aware of this specific issue in the context of roadside checks (with instances already being li”

“The ORR confirmed that the station operator had emergency procedures in their safety management system including: a. A disruption management plan for Mill Hill Broadway station. The purpose is to provide guidance to staff on the expected actions in response to varying levels of passenger disruption at the station. b. Acrowd control guidance document for Mill Hill Broadway. It explains what station staff should do if overcrowding occurs at the station, for a range of situations. c. A local Incident”

“the Department has decided to use the introduction of GDL in Northern Ireland as a pilot, to gather evidence on the potential for GDL in Great Britain.”

“In March 2019, DfT's THINK! team ran a campaign directly targeting new drivers”

“In March 2020, we funded the Driving Instructors Association (DIA) to develop a modular approach to learning”

“The Driver and Vehicles Standards Agency's (DVSA) 5 -year strategy”

“Changes were made to the practical driving test in December 2017”

“The latest statistics show that the number of young car drivers (age 17-24) fatalities on Britain's roads is falling”

“The Driver 2020 project (an evaluation of interventions to improve the safety of young novice drivers) commenced in January 2019 and over 28,000 learner and novice drivers have been recruited”

“My officials are currently in the process of carrying out a three year speed limit review looking at road safety issues at over 600 sites on all trunk roads in Wales. I have asked my officials to ensure the concerns and recommendations raised in the report are considered as a priority as part of the review and addressed within the first tranche of sites reviewed during this financial year.”

“we are investigating its use as part of our £2 million research programme called 'Driver 2020'.”

“The DVLA can also issue a licence of limited duration when required, as in Mr [name redacted] case, to allow someone's fitness to drive to be closely monitored on a regular basis”

“the DVLA will also investigate notifications from third parties, including concerned relatives, neighbours, police and health professionals.”

“we suggest the following: (i) That the Government undertakes a review of the current system of risk management for the primary prevention of drowning harm, and how the UK compares to other leading nations such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Germany and Ireland, along with similar injury risk themes such as road traffic or fire risks.”

“we have consulted the Freight Transport Association, Road Haulage Association and the Local Government Association for their opinion on whether signage such as you suggest would be beneficial in preventing future collisions. Although there is no evidence that such signage would be effective, they recognise that this would be a relatively inexpensive intervention as there are so few UK registered left hand drive commercial vehicles. Whilst they would not be supportive of further regulation, they”