Cycling: Accidents
(asked on 7th February 2023) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask His Majesty's Government how many fatal accidents involving cyclists riding after lighting-up time without lights have occurred in each of the last five years.
This question was answered on 15th February 2023
The table below shows the number of fatal road collisions in Great Britain reported by the police using the STATS19 system where a police officer attended the scene and allocated the contributory factor ‘Not displaying lights at night or in poor visibility’ to a pedal cyclist involved in the collision.
Year | Fatal collisions |
2017 | 2 |
2018 | 3 |
2019 | 4 |
2020 | 4 |
2021 | 4 |