Cycling: Death
Commons · Question 24783 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 24 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Edward Morello
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps her Department is taking to help reduce fatality rates of cyclists on rural roads.
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 24 Jan 2025
The Highway Code was updated in 2022 to improve road safety for cyclists and pedestrians, by strengthening pedestrian priority on pavements and at crossings and introducing the Hierarchy of Road Users, which places those road users most at risk in the eve...