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Bicycles: Safety Measures

Department for Transport written question – answered at on 8 September 2020.

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Photo of Daniel Kawczynski Daniel Kawczynski Conservative, Shrewsbury and Atcham

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans the Government has to make it compulsory for bicycles to be fitted with bells when in use.

Photo of Chris Heaton-Harris Chris Heaton-Harris Minister of State (Department for Transport)

Rule 66 of the Highway Code recommends that bells are fitted and used as necessary, and the Pedal Bicycles (Safety) Regulations 2010 require all bicycles at point of sale to be fitted with a bell. The Regulations do not compel cyclists to keep a bell fitted to the bicycle after purchase, however, and the Government has no plans to change this.

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  • (Citation: HC Deb, 8 September 2020, cW)

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