To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress he has made towards the UK meeting the UN target of reducing road traffic deaths and injuries by at least 50 per cent by 2030.

The Government takes road safety very seriously and supports the aims of the United Nations General Assembly Resolution to launch a second decade of action and to prevent 50 percent of road traffic deaths and injuries.

There were 1,752 road deaths in Great Britain in accidents reported by the police in 2019, 2% lower than the previous year and down 21% compared to 2009. There were a total of 153,158 road casualties (deaths and injuries). This was 5% lower than the previous year and 31% lower than the 2009 figure.

Out of 32 countries reporting data to the European Transport Safety Council’s Performance index, Great Britain had the fourth lowest number of road deaths per million inhabitants in 2019.

Provisional figures for Great Britain for 2020 will be published in June.