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Review of Highway Code Set to Empower Cyclists and Pedestrians

26/10/2018

 
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The Department for Transport will review the Highway Code to update guidance on how road users should behave around people on bikes and pedestrians. The code will be revised to highlight how to avoid the dangers of close passing cyclists and encourage people to adopt the ‘Dutch Reach’ in an effort to reduce casualties caused by car dooring. This is a method of opening a car door with the hand furthest from the handle, forcing drivers and passengers to check over their shoulder for approaching traffic and cyclists.
 
In 2017, pedestrians accounted for more than a quarter (26%) of road fatalities - up 11% compared with 2010-14 and 5% compared with 2016. Motor vehicles were responsible for 99% of pedestrian deaths and in 2017 took the lives of 402 people. These statistics are shocking and have devastating impacts on people's lives. Too often people walking pay the ultimate price on our roads - despite not causing road deaths, congestion or toxic air levels.  For the full copy of the report, please see here. ​

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