Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 19197

Bicycles: Lighting

Tabled: 10 December 2024
Answered: 12 December 2024

Question

Matt Bishop

LabourForest of Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of making it mandatory for cyclists to have lights on their bikes.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
It is already a requirement that cycles have white front and red rear lights lit when being ridden at night. Under The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 cycles must also be fitted with a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors (if manufactured...

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