Rules for all types of road users will be updated in The Highway Code to improve the safety of people walking, cycling and riding horses.
The changes follow a public consultation on a review of The Highway Code to improve road safety for people walking, cycling and riding horses. It ran from July to October 2020, and received more than 20,000 responses from the public, businesses and other organisations. Most people who responded were in favour of all the changes.
The changes will be made to The Highway Code from Saturday 29 January 2022. Here are 8 of the changes that you need to know about.
1. Hierarchy of road users
2. People crossing the road at junctions
4. Positioning in the road when cycling
5. Overtaking when driving or cycling
6. People cycling at junctions
7. People cycling, riding a horse and driving horse-drawn vehicles on roundabouts
8. Parking, charging and leaving vehicles
Read more: The Highway Code
