Collisions Involving Motor Vehicles And Cyclists Or Pedestrians (EDM1393)

Collisions Involving Motor Vehicles And Cyclists Or Pedestrians

EDM number 1393 in 2010-12, proposed by Martin Caton on 02/02/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Cycling and Roads.

That this House acknowledges that manyother European countries have much better cyclist and pedestrian safety records than the UK; recognises that these countries apply the principle of stricter liability to vulnerable road victims, so that drivers of vehicles that hit cyclists or pedestrians are assumed liable unless they can prove their innocence; believes that this makes drivers more aware of the vulnerability of children, cyclists and pedestrians; notes that, in contrast in UK road traffic personal injury cases, the burden of proof is on the victim to prove the other party was negligent; is aware of research that shows the fatality rate of cyclists, aged 10 to 14, involved in collisions with motor vehicles is five times worse in the UK than in the Netherlands and Sweden; and calls on the Government to bring road traffic personal injury legislation into line with workplace health and safety law, product liability law and car passenger protection by adoption of the principle of stricter liability.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Caton	02/02/2011	Gower	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	02/02/2011	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	02/02/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Dennis Skinner	03/02/2011	Bolsover	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	03/02/2011	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/02/2011	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	03/02/2011	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	03/02/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julian Huppert	04/02/2011	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/02/2011	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	07/02/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	07/02/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	07/02/2011	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ritchie	08/02/2011	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jim Shannon	08/02/2011	Strangford	DUP	Signed
William McCrea	08/02/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Simpson	09/02/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Austin Mitchell	09/02/2011	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	10/02/2011	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/02/2011	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Crausby	10/02/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	10/02/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Michael Crockart	11/02/2011	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	17/02/2011	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
John Leech	17/02/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	17/02/2011	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/03/2011	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	17/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Joan Ruddock	26/04/2011	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	26/04/2011	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	04/05/2011	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	04/05/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	04/05/2011	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	11/05/2011	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	12/05/2011	Holborn and St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Sheila Gilmore	12/05/2011	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Caroline Lucas	12/05/2011	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Signed
Simon Wright	13/05/2011	Norwich South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/05/2011	York Central	Labour	Signed
Graeme Morrice	13/06/2011	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	22/06/2011	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Kate Green	04/07/2011	Stretford and Urmston	Labour	Signed
Ian Murray	04/07/2011	Edinburgh South	Labour	Signed
Stella Creasy	19/07/2011	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	05/09/2011	Perth and North Perthshire	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Brake	14/09/2011	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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