Biker launches campaign to replace give way signs with stop signs after life-changing accident

Rob Loupart, who suffered life-changing injuries in an accident at a junction, has launched a petition to replace thousands of give way signs with stop signs. 

The petition, which can be found on the UK Parliament petition website, aims to change give way signs to stop signs at minor roads joining A and B roads across Britain. 

As a result of his injuries, Loupart underwent six operations, spending four months in hospital recovering from his accident.

The crash left him with two broken vertebrae, a shattered pelvis and multiple serious leg injuries.

Loupart was hit after a van pulled out in front of him near Knighton, which is a town located in Powys, Wales, on December 3 2025.

Speaking about the incident, Loupart told the BBC:

"There's a T-junction with a village on the left, it's really clear and open. I could see the van coming towards me so I was looking at him and he's slowing down for the junction as I get nearer.

"I keep looking at him and I can see his head's turned my way so I think 'fine, carry on'. But about three bike lengths from him, he just pulls straight out."

Loupart’s campaign was launched after Department for Transport (DfT) figures, released in July 2026, showed about half of all road casualties in the UK occurred at, or within 20 metres of a junction. These statistics are based on road collision data reported by the police up to 2025.

As part of a social media post earlier this month, Loupart once again reiterated his desire to have stop signs replace give ways signs, saying:

 “The leading human factor in road casualty collisions is ineffective observation e.g. failing to look properly or misjudging the speed of approaching priority traffic. 

“If Give Way signs at junctions from Minor roads to A & B roads were changed to Stop, we think drivers would use better observation. Other junctions and roundabouts would be unaffected.”

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