§ John BarrettTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact which raising the motorway speed limit to 80 miles per hour would have on(a) the number of road accidents and (b) the number of deaths caused by road accidents. [124075]
§ Mr. JamiesonAn assessment of the effects of increasing the motorway speed limit to 80 miles per hour was conducted in 2001. Although no estimate of accident or casualty numbers was made, it was concluded that there would be a greater risk of both increasing in those circumstances.
§ Tom BrakeTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the road safety implications of increasing motorway speed limits. [123834]
§ Mr. JamiesonThe last assessment of the possible effects of raising the motorway speed limit conducted in 2001 concluded that to do so would run too great a risk of increasing accidents and casualties.