What we do

The Cyclists' Defence Fund works to raise awareness of the law relating to cyclists. Our aims, as formally approved by the Charity Commission, are:

• To preserve and protect the health and safety of the public by encouraging and facilitating safe cycling.
• To advance the education of the public in the relationship between cycling and the law.
• To further the sound development, administration and knowledge of the law relating to cycling.
• To promote, assist, undertake and commission research into the law, practice, and administration of justice in connection with cycling and to disseminate the useful results of such research.

We work to achieve these aims in practice by:

• Providing guidance on the law relating to cycling and other legal issues with an impact on cyclists.
• Maintaining a web-site providing links to legal resources relevant to cycling and cyclists.
• Commissioning research into the effectiveness of the legal framework - such research may be useful to cycling campaigners, legislators and others seeking to improve the law.
• Providing support in legal cases which could clarify the law.