Roads: Cats
Commons · Question 99278 · Tabled 11 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 15 Dec 2025
Question
Asked by Scott Arthur
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of whether a disproportionate burden is placed on local authorities and National Highways to identify and reunite cats injured or killed on the road, in the absence of a statutory d
Answer
Answered by Simon Lightwood, 15 Dec 2025
There are no plans to amend section 170 of the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for drivers to report road collisions involving cats. Although there is no obligation to report all animal deaths on roads, drivers should, if possible, make enquiries to...