Overview
- The Department for Transport says on-road testing and a scientific review were completed over winter 2024–25, with a review due to conclude before the end of 2025.
- Proposals would require automatic headlamp levelling on all new cars from September 2027 to maintain correct beam aim under different loads.
- The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has stepped up action against illegal retrofit LED bulbs, with penalties for sellers of up to £1,000.
- A consultation on updating decades-old lighting regulations is open until March, alongside UK engagement with the United Nations on international standards.
- The push follows strong evidence of risk and concern, including a DfT study showing 97% of drivers report distraction from oncoming lights and RAC data averaging 263 glare-linked collisions a year with about five fatalities.