Crime & Legal

Classic very close pass and pull in (HF18 TZW) 0-9 screenshot

Near Miss of the Day 595: Classic traffic island Must Get In Front driver then left-hooks cyclist

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Avon & Somerset

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Near Miss of the Day 594: Cyclists ride single file ... and still get a close pass from a lorry driver

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Gloucestershire

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Broken bike (CC licensed image by garryknight, www.flickr.com)

Drug driver who killed five cyclists jailed for at least 16 years

Jordan Barson crashed into group as they rode south of Las Vegas last December

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Near Miss of the Day 593: The very close to (road.cc's) home one

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's just round the corner from our office

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Near Miss of the Day 592: “Hard to tell if it counts as a cut-up, close pass, or a must get in-front”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Greater Manchester

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Nick Freeman 2 - via Facebook

'Mr Loophole' lawyer Nick Freeman wades into e-scooter debate... by launching petition calling for cyclists to be licensed

Government has consistently said that registration of bike riders would be counter-productive and that costs would outweigh benefits

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Broken bike (CC licensed image by garryknight, www.flickr.com)

Cyclist died after falling into storm drain, inquest hears

Coroner calls for safety barrier to be installed at junction near Christchurch

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Penarth Road, Cardiff via Google Street View.PNG

"Angry and fed up" female cyclist confronts male driver who made sexual remarks at her

Nanw Beard calls on men to challenge such behaviour, saying, “By not speaking out, you’re enabling it”

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Teenage cyclist dies after being knocked down by bus driver

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Jay Gallacher"

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Near Miss of the Day 591: Driver overtakes despite oncoming traffic

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Warwickshire...

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Cycling Mikey scores points victory over Chris Eubank after filming boxing champ going through red light

Former world champion joins film director Guy Ritchie on list of law-breaking drivers brought to justice by London helmet-camera user

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BX13JSZ starts overtake turns left, video from bus at end - national express 0-4 screenshot

Near Miss of the Day 590: Bus driver left-hooks cyclist, forcing him onto pavement

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's the West Midlands

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Nottinghamshire hit and run suspect (via Nottinghamshire Police)

Police hunt driver who accelerated towards cyclist, knocking him from his bike, then fled scene

Rider, who had remonstrated about near miss, was left grazed and bruised after incident in Nottinghamshire last month

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Two abreast - cheltenham flyer tori and skardy 2

GMB slammed on social media after asking: “Should cyclists be forced to ride single file?”

TV show ‘debate’ sees Matt Barbet’s explanation of why it’s safer to ride two abreast countered with insistence that cyclists should “show respect”

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Near Miss of the Day 588: “You were in my blind spot!”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Bristol

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Justice (Lonpicman, Wikimedia Commons)

Hit and run driver who killed cyclist spent a week trying to cover up crash

Victim Scott Walker’s family say they were “let down” by justice system as Ian McFarlane handed community order

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Statue of Justice, Old Bailey (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by Ronnie Macdonald).jpg

Jail for thief who conned £6,800 e-bike seller into letting him take it for a test ride

Louis Maxwell left van and keys as collateral – but vehicle had been stolen

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Double Near Miss of the Day 587: Two drivers pull out on cyclist – from opposite sides of junction (includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Staffordshire

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Near Miss of the Day 586: Texting driver oblivious to cyclist she nearly hit

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's north London

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Mobile phone (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by renatomitra)

Cyclist in Australia fined A$1,000 for talking on her phone while riding

In Queensland, cyclists are bound by same laws as motorists – we also look at UK rules on using a phone while cycling (including Boris Johnson’s view)

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Near Miss of the Day 585: Close pass from police driver on country road

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Sussex

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Gwent Police confirm cyclist submitting close pass footage could face prosecution for swearing (+ video ... which includes swearing)

Force says behaviour of people sending in clips of bad driving is also reviewed and may result in action being taken

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Keith Vernon car (via Sussex Police)

Drunk driver ran over 10-year-old cyclist – then drove home with bike wedged under car

Keith Vernon was jailed yesterday after court heard he ignored pleas of witnesses to stop following crash in West Sussex

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metal wire - via Flick Creative Commons

Edinburgh council leader probed for tweet taking aim at pop-up infrastructure critics

SNP’s Adam McVey had shared tweet about cyclist injured by wire on path in Edinburgh and said protesters needed to reflect on consequences of their behaviour

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Near Miss of the Day 584: Driver cuts up cyclist at junction, then tells him to “f*ck off”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Middlesbrough

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Statue of Justice, Old Bailey (licensed CC BY 2.0 on Flickr by Ronnie Macdonald).jpg

Lorry driver jailed for killing cyclist in Hull

Pat Field had been commuting by bike to get fit for his daughter’s wedding

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Four Courts, Dublin (licensed CC BY 2.0 by Kieran Lynam on Flickr)

Suspended sentence for cyclist who assaulted man he wrongly believed had stolen his bike

Judge hands Jaroslav Nowakowski suspended sentence following attack in Dublin

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AA van cycle lane

AA President says it 'doesn't look great' van was parked in cycle lane

"It is a criminal offence to park on a cycle lane bordered by a solid white line"

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Deliveroo cyclists speak out about harassment

“It’s astonishing to me that a lot of people don’t know the boundaries of personal space", said one Bristol-based Deliveroo cyclist

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Stolen bike - Sara Evans 2

NHS nurse 'lost her faith in humanity' after bike theft

"I just think I'm lost without it - I know it's only a bike"

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