Logistics UK has called for continued focus on practical road safety improvements across the freight sector, following yesterday’s report highlighting legal and compliance pressures facing hauliers despite broadly stable casualty trends.
New provisional figures show 1,556 road fatalities last year, a 3% fall compared with 2024, while the number of people killed or seriously injured rose 4% to 29,911, leaving overall KSI levels largely unchanged.
The data was previously highlighted alongside warnings from legal experts that sentencing changes and increased access to collision data are raising the stakes for operators involved in incidents.
Responding to the wider debate, Logistics UK chief executive Ben Fletcher said it was important that the industry maintained a balanced view of the figures and continued to prioritise investment in safety systems and driver training.
He said operators had already made significant progress in improving safety performance through technology adoption, fleet upgrades and structured training programmes, even in a difficult trading environment.
Fletcher added that targeted initiatives, including schemes such as TfL’s Direct Vision Standard, had demonstrated measurable reductions in harm involving HGVs and helped drive wider safety improvements across the sector.
He said road safety remained a shared responsibility between industry and government, and warned that progress would depend on continued collaboration rather than focusing solely on legal or enforcement outcomes.
Logistics UK said it continues to work with the Department for Transport through the National Work-related Road Safety Charter stakeholder group, supporting the development of policy and best practice across the logistics sector.
The organisation represents businesses across road, rail, maritime and air freight, as well as retailers and manufacturers dependent on efficient goods movement.
