Automated vehicles: statement of safety principles consultation

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Last source check: 2026-08-04
Verification scope: Verification scope is not recorded. A catalogue check date does not establish a complete review of the legal position.

Record provenance: Published source library
Organisation: UK Department for Transport; Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles
Jurisdiction: Great Britain
Publication date: 2026-06-17
Legal status: Under consultation
Summary: Official UK consultation on the draft statutory statement of safety principles for self-driving vehicles in Great Britain. The draft sets ten behaviour-based principles intended to inform authorisation and subsequent monitoring under the Automated Vehicles Act 2024, including compliance with the authorised domain and adaptation to the territory of operation.
Význam: The consultation develops the statutory safety benchmark that will guide authorisation of self-driving vehicles in Great Britain and is therefore central to the UK deployment regime.
Citation: UK Department for Transport and Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles, Automated vehicles: statement of safety principles consultation, 17 June 2026, CP 1598.
Recorded review date: 2026-08-04
Official source: https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/automated-vehicles-statement-of-safety-principles

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