She appeared on the Star in a Reasonably Priced Car segment of Top Gear in 2010, driving a Kia Cee'd. Her name was written on the scoreboard as "Peta 23 from Essex".
Todd has a son from a previous relationship. She is married to Manx cyclist Mark Cavendish, after meeting him in November 2010.
On 22 October 2011, the couple announced Todd's pregnancy via the media, and on 3 April 2012, Cavendish announced the birth of their daughter.
On 18 November 2012, Cavendish proposed to Todd, two years to the day after they met on the Santa Monica Pier in Los Angeles, and they married on 5 October 2013 in London