Petition Make it a legal requirement for cyclists under the age of 16 to wear a helmet

If you ride a bicycle, you should wear a cycle helmet, it's common sense.
Sadly so many children ride on the road without one.
Many serious accidents that occur would be less serious if the child was wearing a cycle helmet.
Cycle helmets are not expensive but they save lives.

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Government figures show 16,727 children under the age of 16 were injured on the roads in 2014, a rise of 6.2 per cent compared to the 15,756 injured in 2013.

This petition is closed This petition ran for 6 months

344 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 344 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

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Date closed 12 March 2017
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