Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 62220

Cycling: Road Traffic Offences

Tabled: 24 June 2025

Answered: 2 July 2025

Question

Greg Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she is taking steps with Cabinet colleagues to help increase prosecutions of cyclists who jump red traffic lights.

Answer

Simon Lightwood

Enforcement of traffic offences of this sort is a matter for the police. Those who cycle have a duty, like all road users, to behave in a safe and responsible manner and to follow the rules set out in The Highway Code. It is already an offence for cyclist...

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