The Traffic Investigation Bureau, a body that will investigate collisions and recommend changes, is in the 鈥渇inal stages鈥 of being set up, the transport minister has said. 鈥淭his week I was given the first draft of the legislation, so pretty soon I will be presenting it to cabinet,鈥 Chris Bonett told Times of Malta late last week. Bonett鈥檚 statement comes weeks after the police set up their own body to investigate road collisions. At the end of May, the government announced the Roads Policing Unit, a specialised police department to enforce traffic rules and investigate the causes of major traffic accidents. Police officers received specialised training, while new equipment has been procured to facilitate the gathering and analysis of evidence, ranging from driving methods to road conditions. On Friday, Transport Minister Bonett said the two bodies will work hand in hand. 鈥淭here are two types of investigation that are carried out. First of all, to see what led to an accident, and second, to see what happens next… the idea is to work together,鈥 he said. Bonett later clarified that the bureau鈥檚 main task will be to analyse how to make roads safer and recommend changes. He said discussions on where one body鈥檚 remit begins and ends are ongoing. 鈥淭he idea is that the (police) unit and the bureau help each other to better service the public.鈥 A bureau to investigate traffic collisions and recommend changes was first announced by Bonett鈥檚 predecessor, Aaron Farrugia, in December 2022, on the back of Malta鈥檚 deadliest year on the road. In 2025, 11 people have so far died in traffic incidents: four pedestrians, three car drivers, three motorcyclists and one cyclist. The bureau was meant to be up and running by the end of 2023 but ran into delays because of the judiciary鈥檚 hesitancy to share the contents of magisterial inquiries. In February, Bonett told Times of Malta that a provision in the magisterial inquiry reform will give the Traffic Investigation Bureau the ability to gather information from inquiries.