diff --git a/inst/NEWS.Rd b/inst/NEWS.Rd
index bafb9da6d..11fe09b52 100644
--- a/inst/NEWS.Rd
+++ b/inst/NEWS.Rd
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@
       \item Count variables were switches to \code{size_t} to avoid warnings
       about conversion-narrowing (Dirk in \ghpr{1307})
       \item Rcpp now avoids the usage of the (non-API) DATAPTR function when
-      accessing the contents of Rcpp Vector objects where possible.
+      accessing the contents of Rcpp Vector objects where possible. (Kevin in
+      \ghpr{1310})
+      \item Rcpp now throws an R error on out-of-bounds Vector accesses. (Kevin
+      in \ghpr{1310})
     }
     \item Changes in Rcpp Deployment:
     \itemize{
diff --git a/inst/include/Rcpp/vector/traits.h b/inst/include/Rcpp/vector/traits.h
index de8cb9fbb..ff27ef86a 100644
--- a/inst/include/Rcpp/vector/traits.h
+++ b/inst/include/Rcpp/vector/traits.h
@@ -93,8 +93,8 @@ namespace traits{
 
 		void check_index(R_xlen_t i) const {
 #ifndef RCPP_NO_BOUNDS_CHECK
-			if (i >= size) {
-				stop("subscript out of bounds (index %s >= vector size %s)", i, size);
+			if (i >= p->size()) {
+				stop("subscript out of bounds (index %s >= vector size %s)", i, p->size());
 			}
 #endif
 		}