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How to make the roads safer

As the number of UK cyclists soar, so do death and injury on the roads. These are two simple rules that would reduce accidents and simplify a victim's claim.

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A motorist emerging into the path of a cyclist or a motorist turning across the path of a cyclist remain the most common causes of cycling collisions. Photo: Flikr/Lars Plougmann. Some rights reserved.

With more and more people taking to the roads and cycling, whether for fitness, sport or getting from A to Z, there has never been more attention on the Highway Code and how it protects vulnerable road users in terms of rights of way at junctions.

The reason for concentrating on junctions is because a motorist emerging into the path of a cyclist or a motorist turning across the path of a cyclist remains the most common cause of cycling collisions according to the latest statistics