FY2026 Second Vehicle Safety Policy Meeting
Overview
The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the second FY2026 Vehicle Safety Policy Meeting on November 4 to review and analyze vehicle safety measures and consider expanding and strengthening motor vehicle safety standards. The meeting follows a report compiled in June 2026 by the Automobile Subcommittee of the Land Transport Subcommittee of the Transport Policy Council, titled “Future Vehicle Safety for a Society Without Traffic Accidents.” The report sets out seven pillars and calls for safety measures to advance new traffic accident reduction targets. The meeting is not open to observers, but photography is permitted at the beginning. Materials will generally be published after the meeting.
Key points
- The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism will hold the second FY2026 Vehicle Safety Policy Meeting.
- In June 2026, the Automobile Subcommittee of the Land Transport Subcommittee of the Transport Policy Council compiled the report “Future Vehicle Safety for a Society Without Traffic Accidents.”
- Targets have been set to reduce traffic accident deaths and serious injuries by 2030.
Overview
The report sets out future vehicle safety measures to reduce traffic accidents under seven pillars: “development and promotion of automated driving and advanced driver assistance technologies”; “prevention of accidents caused by older drivers and others, and reduction of harm”; “ensuring children's safety”; “ensuring the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, and other road users”; “prevention of accidents involving large vehicles and motorcycles, and reduction of harm”; “ensuring the safety of small mobility vehicles”; and “cross-cutting measures.”
The report calls for promoting motor vehicle safety measures toward new traffic accident reduction targets. By 2030, the targets are to reduce traffic accident deaths within 30 days by 1,200 and serious injuries by 11,000, compared with 2020.
Details
The meeting will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2026, from 14:00 to 16:30 in Room A at AP Shimbashi, 3rd floor, Shimbashi Place, 1-12-9 Shimbashi, Minato City, Tokyo. Committee members are listed in Appendix 1.
The agenda includes an interim report on the evaluation and analysis of FY2026 vehicle safety measures; the status of safety standard development and related matters; the direction of measures to promote the safe use of automated vehicles; the establishment of a working group to consider the L2++ Excellent Certification System; and other matters.
The meeting is not open to observers, but photography is permitted at the beginning. Members of the press wishing to attend should register by email as specified in Appendix 2. Personal information collected will be managed appropriately and used only for necessary purposes. Meeting materials will generally be published on the website after the meeting.