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Driving licensing review: opportunities for changes to the driver licensing regime – PACTS and RoSPA joint response to DfT’s call for evidence.

This is the joint response of The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and The Parliamentary Advisory Council…

UK drugs policy and road safety. Where next?

Article by David Davies, Executive Director, PACTS. October 2022 Where are we headed on UK drugs policy and what are…

Evidence from PACTS to the Transport Select Committee’s self-driving vehicles inquiry

PACTS welcomes the Transport Committee’s Self-driving vehicles inquiry. Our remit is transport safety and our evidence is in relation to…

OPINION: laser-like focus on the numbers that matter needed to reduce road deaths

In this opinion piece, David Davies, executive director of PACTS, outlines how the DfT’s new ministerial team can quickly make…

PACTS response to the Government’s consultation on safety standards for self-driving vehicles

In Connected & Automated Mobility 2025: Realising the benefits of self-driving vehicles in the UK, the UK Government states that…

PACTS Executive Director calls on DfT to release reports

What use is the Freedom of Information Act?   The Freedom of Information Act 2000 was a major landmark in…

Dear Transport Secretary….SR4A sets out road safety priorities

The lead members of the Safe Roads for All Alliance have written to the new Transport Secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan:  …

PACTS Response to the Law Commission consultation on remote driving

The Law Commission of England and Wales is considering the law surrounding remote driving, where a person outside a vehicle…

OPINION: Westminster leadership on road safety? Don’t hold your breath.

Following the Government’s decision to delay publication of a new Road Safety Strategic Framework, David Davies, Executive Director of PACTS…