§ Viscount Montgomery of Alameinasked Her Majesty's Government:
What plans they have to publish details of the highway engineering measures the Department of Transport are taking to achieve the trunk road share of the national target of reducing road accident casualties by one third by the year 2000.
The Minister of State, Department of Transport (The Earl of Caithness)We have arranged for copies of the Department of Transport trunk road safety plan to be placed in the Library, along with copies of the regional safety plans that are separately produced in the Department of Transport's regional offices. These plans detail the many actions and resources the Department of Transport is putting into highway engineering measures to reduce accident casualties on trunk roads. We are pleased to say that these measures are reducing deaths and injuries and are working towards meeting our share of the national target