View from the UK Parliament
As the profile of the issues surrounding foreign registered vehicles rises, politicians across the spectrum are beginning to recognise the economic and societal consequences arising from growing numbers of foreign vehicle owners ignoring UK driving and parking rules.
Questions have been tabled by politicians across the political spectrum. They reflect concerns that the Government is not yet working proactively to resolve the data sharing and legal issues between the UK and other EU member states that prevent enforcement of penalty notices against foreign registered vehicles.
Norman Baker: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many accidents involving (a) UK-registered and (b) non-UK registered heavy goods vehicles were recorded on UK roads in each of the last 10 years. [302814] 02 December 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Tom Brake: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road traffic accidents in the UK involved
(1) drivers with driving licences from each other EU member state in 2008; [299063]
(2) a foreign driver who did not hold a driving licence issued in the UK or another EU member st... 09 November 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Greg Knight: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the number of unsafe heavy goods vehicles on UK roads which are registered overseas; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce this number. [293859] 19 October 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Sir John Stanley: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport in how many accidents resulting in serious injury foreign-registered left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles were involved in 2008. [290778] 09 September 2009 [view answer] [Hansard]Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of (a) serious and (b) fatal road accidents involved (i) foreign and (ii) UK road hauliers in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will make a statement. [247088]19 January 2009 [view answer] [Hansard] Mrs. Villiers: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) accidents, (b) injuries and (c) deaths have been caused by foreign drivers in the UK in each of the last 10 years. [237928]24 November 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of reported motorway traffic incidents involved a heavy goods vehicle with left hand drive in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007; and what percentage of those incidents were attributed to poor visibility or blind sp... 21 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard]Sir John Stanley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in how many serious injury accidents left-hand drive heavy goods vehicles were involved in each of the last three years. [218466] 17 July 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Morley: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving foreign-registered lorries there were in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available. [213940]30 June 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Stephen Hepburn (Jarrow, Labour)
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving (a) British and (b) foreign-registered lorries on roads in the UK resulted in (i) fatalities and (ii) injuries in each year since 1997.28 April 2008 [view answer] [Hansard] Mrs. Gillan: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many
(a) deaths there have been and
(b) serious injuries have been sustained
in accidents involving a vehicle registered in another EU country in each year since 2000, broken down by country; and in how many cases in each year ... 23 November 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Dr. Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of all collisions involving large goods vehicles involved foreign-registered vehicles in the latest period for which figures are available. [158360]15 October 2007 [view answer] [Hansard] Mr. Paterson: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) UK licence holders and (b) foreign licence holders were (i) prosecuted, (ii) convicted, (iii) banned from driving and (iv) imprisoned for offences relating to (A) fatal road traffic accidents, (B) serious road traffic accid... 05 June 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Paterson: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what proportion of (a) fatal, (b) serious and (c) minor road traffic accidents involved a foreign-registered car in each year since 1997. [139609] 24 May 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Willis: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to collate information on the number of foreign vehicles involved in road traffic accidents in the UK. [132052] 18 April 2007 [view answer] [Hansard]Mr. Baron: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving heavy goods vehicles were reported to the police in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and how many involved foreign-registered heavy goods vehicles. [81080] 29 June 2006 [view answer] [Hansard] |
Facts & Figures- Over 3 million foreign registered vehicles (FRVs)enter the UK each year
- At any one time 142,000 FRVs are in the UK - 90% are cars, 8% are HGVs, 1% are coaches
- At any one time 3% of all vehicles driving on London's roads are FRVs; 47% are cars, 43% are HGVs, 7% are coaches
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