Guidance

Transport hazard summary: air quality and pollution

Provides information about air quality and pollution risks to UK transport industry.

From:
Department for Transport and Met Office
Published
30 October 2025

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Transport hazard summary: air quality and air pollution

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This summary identifies some of the main risks caused by poor air quality and air pollution episodes and how they can affect the health of transport users and staff. It also provides advice to help mitigate and plan for these risks.

Poor air quality can have direct impacts on people’s health and safety, especially for vulnerable groups such as:

  • children
  • people with respiratory health conditions

This forms part of the Transport hazards summaries series, which helps organisations understand hazards that can impact UK transport.

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Published 30 October 2025

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