At the RoadPeace International Conference, Home Office Minister Lord Falconer said work was continuing to improve the provision of support services available across the country for road traffic victims and their families in fatal cases.
He said: 'I have immense sympathy for those who have tragically lost members of their families in road traffic incidents.
'Appropriate recognition of the immense trauma often experienced is important and we need to ensure that adequate support services are in place.'
Falconer congratulated organisations including RoadPeace, the Campaign Against Drinking and Driving and Brake as well as Victim Support, the police, Crown Prosecution Service, staff in hospital accident and emergency departments and specialist support groups such as Headway and the Spinal Injuries Association.
He said: 'It is clear that agencies need to work effectively with each other to ensure the response best meets the needs of victims.
'We have common goals and working collaboratively and in partnership is the way forward to best achieve them.'
His comments come as the Government considers its approach to sentencing drivers. Radical proposals from the Department of Transport include a new offence between dangerous driving and careless driving, called negligent driving and causing death or serious injury by negligent driving.
The DoT cannot directly introduce new legislation, but a spokesman for the Home Office said the departments would be looking at the proposals together in future.
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