A Bill to amend the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to create criminal offences relating to dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling, in particular applying to a pedal cycle, an electrically assisted pedal cycle, and an electric scooter
House of Lords
31 October 2023
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The Road Traffic Offences (Cycling) Bill in the Lords would create new criminal offences for dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling and would apply to pedal cycles, electrically assisted cycles and electric scooters. It adds these offences to the existing framework in the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 to improve road safety.
The bill has been introduced and is at the first reading stage in the Lords; detailed scrutiny has not yet begun.
Generated 21 February 2026
7 Jul 2022
The 2022-2023 session of Parliament has prorogued and this bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
