‘Bigger than me’: road safety campaigner whose son died in collision welcomes new UK rules

Meera Naran with Dev, who died in a motorway collision in 2018. Photograph: Meera Naran

For Meera Naran, the new road safety strategy is a long-awaited milestone after years of campaigning since her eight-year-old son Dev was killed in a motorway collision in 2018.

As ministers unveiled plans to cut thousands of deaths by 2035, they paid tribute to campaigners, Naran in particular, whose son is commemorated with a pledge to mandate safety technology in new vehicles as “Dev’s Law”.