Electric Bicycles: Road Traffic Offences
Commons · Question 55226 · Tabled 30 May 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 5 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the effectiveness of current regulations on the use of illegally modified electric bikes on public highways.
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 5 Jun 2025
A modified e-cycle is only road-legal where it complies in full with the requirements set out in the Electrically Assisted Pedal Cycle Regulations 1983. Where this is not the case, the e-cycle is classed as a motor vehicle and needs to be approved and reg...