Road Safety Strategy: outlines the government’s strategic plans to improve road safety

Organisation: Department for Transport

Date of Publication: January 2026

Uploaded to Knowledge Centre: 7 January 2025

The Government says the first road safety strategy in more than a decade will save thousands of lives on the nation’s roads by tackling drink driving, improving training for young drivers and introducing mandatory eye tests for older motorists.

The strategy sets out an ambitious plan to reduce deaths and serious injuries on Britain’s roads by 65% by 2035, with an even more stretching target of 70% for children under 16.

Click on the link below to access the strategy:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/road-safety-strategy