Roads: Accidents
Commons · Question 100937 · Tabled 17 Dec 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record
Answered 5 Jan 2026
Question
Asked by Ruth Cadbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to include cats as an animal that drivers are required to stop and report an incident when they are invo
Answer
Answered by Lilian Greenwood, 5 Jan 2026
Under section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, a driver is required to stop and report a collision involving specified animals including horses, cattle, asses, mules, sheep, pigs, goats or dogs, but not cats or wild animals. This requirement arises from ...