{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998/rule-26.10.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3132",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Procedure Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-procedure-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/26.10",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "26.10",
  "heading": "Road traffic accident related personal injury claims",
  "text": "The circumstances referred to in rule 26.9(1)(a)(ii)(bb) are—\n(a) the accident occurred before 31st May 2021;\n(b) unless rule 26.11 applies, on the date that proceedings are started, the claimant is—\n(i) a child; or\n(ii) a protected party;\n(c) when the accident occurred, the claimant was—\n(i) using a motor cycle;\n(ii) a pillion passenger on, or a passenger in a sidecar attached to, a motor cycle;\n(iii) using a wheelchair, a powered wheelchair or a mobility scooter;\n(iv) using a bicycle or other pedal cycle;\n(v) riding a horse; or\n(vi) a pedestrian;\n(d) unless rule 26.11 applies, on the date that proceedings are started—\n(i) the claimant is an undischarged bankrupt; or\n(ii) the claimant or defendant acts as a personal representative of a deceased person; or\n(e) unless rule 26.11 applies, on the date of the accident, the defendant’s vehicle was registered outside the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 26 substituted (1.10.2023) by The Civil Procedure (Amendment No. 2) Rules 2023 (S.I. 2023/572), rule 1(1), Sch. 1 (with rule 2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3132/rule/26.10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:12:59.276840+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}