According to Active Travel England (ATE), many British roads aren’t currently wide enough to be safe for cyclists. On “standard” British roads - relics of Victorian 12-foot width standardisation – the necessary 1.5 metres needed to safely pass a cyclist is not possible.
Under new guidance from the active travel body for England (outlined in a 16 point document titled, ‘Critical Safety Issues for Walking, Wheeling and Cycling’) roads should be narrowed to force drivers to move lanes in order to overtake cyclists, or widened to enable safe overtakes.
