Question follow-through · 10665
Roads: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require drivers to report cat killings under Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 22 Oct 2024
- Target answer date
- 24 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 28 Oct 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
22 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require drivers to report cat killings under Section 170 of the Road Traffic Act 1988.
24 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
28 Oct 2024
Answer published
There are no plans to amend section 170 of the Road Traffic Act to make it mandatory for drivers to report road collisions involving cats. Although there is no obligation to report all collisions with animals on roads, Rule 286 of The Highway Code advises...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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