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Make the wearing of cycling helmets compulsory for all cyclists on public roads

Submitted on Sunday 26th August 2018

Rejected on Wednesday 12th September 2018

Current status: Rejected

Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)

Petition Action

Make the wearing of cycling helmets compulsory for all cyclists on public roads

Petition Details

Wearing a cycling helmet can help prevent serious injury in the event of falling or being knocked off a bicycle. This a long with education and road safety programmes will make cycling safer for all.

Additional Information

There are many studies supporting the wearing of helmets, and assessing how many injuries are prevented but no research to find where a helmet has caused an injury.


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This petition was rejected

The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:

There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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