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Motorways: Lighting

Commons · Question 106875 · Tabled 19 Jan 2026 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2026

Question

Asked by Joshua Reynolds

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of motorway lighting removal on the M4 between junctions 8 and 12 on road safety; and if she will publish Personal Injury Collision data for that

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 28 Jan 2026

National Highways has a thorough, consistent and documented approach to the management of construction schemes. National Highways assessed the removal of lighting on the M4 between junctions 8 and 12 using TA49/07, which was the assessment tool before TA ...