Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 111513

Electric Bicycles and Electric Scooters: Lighting

Tabled: 6 February 2026
Answered: 13 February 2026

Question

Lizzi Collinge

LabourMorecambe and Lunesdale

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what consideration the Government has given to making dynamo power lights compulsory on e-scooters and bikes.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Road Vehicles Lighting Regulations 1989 require cycles to be fitted with a red rear reflector and amber pedal reflectors. These Regulations also require cycles to have white front and red rear lights lit when being ridden at night. The type of lightin...

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