Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 116572

Roads: Accidents

Tabled: 27 February 2026

Answered: 4 March 2026

Named Day

Question

Mr Richard Holden

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to Rule H1 of the Highway Code, a) what assessment she has made of whether the hierarchy of road users alters expectations of legal responsibility in collisions involving motorists; b) whether he

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The previous government did not initiate any assessment of the impact of Rule H1 following their introduction of the rule in 2022.Rule H1 of the Highway Code is an advisory rule. Although failure to comply with the advisory rules of the Highway Code will ...

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