Written questions

Cycling: Road Traffic Offences

Commons · Question 62220 · Tabled 24 Jun 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 2 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help increase prosecutions of cyclists who jump red traffic lights.

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 2 Jul 2025

Enforcement of traffic offences of this sort is a matter for the police. Those who cycle have a duty, like all road users, to behave in a safe and responsible manner and to follow the rules set out in The Highway Code. It is already an offence for cyclist...