Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 100937
Roads: Accidents
Tabled: 17 December 2025
Answered: 5 January 2026
Question
Ruth Cadbury
Labour — Brentford and Isleworth
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of amending Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to include cats as an animal that drivers are required to stop and report an incident when they are invo
Answer
Lilian GreenwoodUnder section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988, a driver is required to stop and report a collision involving specified animals including horses, cattle, asses, mules, sheep, pigs, goats or dogs, but not cats or wild animals. This requirement arises from ...
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