Naran's eight‑year‑old son, Dev, was killed in a road traffic collision on the
M6 motorway in 2018 where the hard shoulder had been removed as part of a
smart motorway. Naran began campaigning for changes to smart motorways. Naran was invested as a
Member of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2021 Birthday Honours for "services to Road Safety". ==References==