Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68646
Cycling: Helmets
Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025
Question
Connor Naismith
Labour — Crewe and Nantwich
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will take legislative steps to require cyclists to wear helmets.
Answer
Simon LightwoodThe Government strongly encourages cyclists to wear helmets, and this is reflected in The Highway Code, but there are no plans to mandate this. A previous review of this matter concluded that the safety benefits of mandating helmets would be likely to be ...
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