Crime & Legal

Road rage motorist who drove with cyclist on bonnet avoids jail

Footage shows Ahmed Al-Rawi trying to drive away while the cyclist shouts 'Stop!' from the bonnet

Two arrested after cyclist killed in suspected hit-and-run

The incident happened in Sunderland in the early hours of Sunday morning and saw a man in his 40s die at the scene

Near Miss of the Day 808: Police force changes mind on warning letter to close pass driver (video includes swearing)

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

Police officer borrows bike to chase after suspect who fled after drug search

Successful pursuit ended up with several arrests made related to Class A and B drugs

Two dead, three injured after driver crashes into cyclists on charity ride

Driver was on wrong side of road when he ploughed into group in Michigan on Saturday

Cyclists call for resignation of hit-and-run councillor (includes video)

Jersey City councillor Amy DeGise failed to stop after striking a delivery cyclist – and only reported the incident six hours later

Tipper lorry driver pleads guilty to killing Oxford cyclist

Robert Whiting today admitted causing the death by dangerous driving of research scientist and mother of two Dr Ling Felce

Cardiff cul-de-sac residents lose battle to stop house being demolished to make way for cycle path

Locals claimed link to planned affordable housing development one described as a “ghetto” would lead to increased crime

Near Miss of the Day 807: Driver comes out with “maniacal laugh” after pulling out on cyclist

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

Teenage cyclist to stand trial after pedestrian seriously injured

Robert Michael Mobley is charged with causing bodily harm through wanton or furious driving following incident in Swindon last year

Near Miss of the Day 806: Driver escapes punishment after reversing at cyclist and running over dog

Update: North Yorkshire Police concluded that the motorist “probably just wanted to speak” to the cyclist following the close pass, and advised the cyclist “not to shout in future”

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“Crazy Deliveroo cyclist” filmed riding on M6 at Spaghetti Junction

“He was pedalling like crazy” says road.cc reader who filmed the rider and alerted police

“I could have been paralysed” – Top Irish cyclo-cross racer sustains broken bones due to trap on mountain bike trail

Seán Nolan broke four ribs and two vertebrae and sustained a partially collapsed lung in crash on Friday

Near Miss of the Day 805: Oncoming motorhome driver almost hits cyclist

“Not reported to Police Scotland because I wasn’t killed, etc”

‘Get off your bike and walk’: Female cyclist “petrified” after man grabs bike and refuses to let go

“There's no way he would have done that if I wasn’t a woman,” said climate activist Clare James, who was riding on a cycle lane at the time of the terrifying incident

“Anti-cycling cop on a bicycle”: Cyclists blast ‘victim-blaming’ Met Officer after red light jumping taxi driver nearly hits rider

“The police officer’s excuse is the worst bit of ‘whataboutery’ I've heard in a long time”

Near Miss of the Day 804: Club run on receiving end of two shocking overtakes

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

Driver who told cyclist “I’m going to kill you” before ramming him with car jailed

Judge told Bradley Harris he had carried out an “appalling piece of deliberate dangerous driving” when he knocked Michael Edge off his bike

Kaitlin Armstrong pleads not guilty to Moriah Wilson murder

Armstrong was arrested in Costa Rica at the end of June, having spent six weeks in hiding there after being charged with the murder of the popular pro gravel racer

Drink-drive paramedic who killed cyclist sentenced to five years and four months in jail

Robert Woodruff drank ten pints before veering across the road, fatally striking 56-year-old father of five Richard Goodwin

Near Miss of the Day 803: Driver who overtook Dame Sarah Storey approaching blind bend fined £344

“Unless you're a 1970s NYC cabby this isn’t how you use a horn,” said Sheffield police, who were riding with Britain’s most successful Paralympian as part of a close pass operation

Near Miss of the Day 802: The most pointless overtake ever?

MUST. GET. IN FRONT...

Police hunt furious assault suspect who pushed cyclist and threw bike in road

UPDATE: A man in his 60s has attended a voluntary police interview and been released under investigation

Near Miss of the Day 801 revisited: Cyclist “hugely disappointed” with police response which he says sends the wrong message

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country — today it's Kent...

Police investigating collision involving caravan-towing motorist and cyclist after close pass dispute

The cyclist suffered minor injuries but did not require hospital treatment

“Exceptional” feedback from police officers trialling e-bikes in Cornwall

"Now they've been using the bikes, they come back to me and say that they're invaluable”

Near Miss of the Day 800 revisited – Tipper truck driver fined for close pass

“I have noticed how the drivers are now hanging back until it's safe to pass,” says cyclist on the receiving end

Five year old killed in crash involving bin lorry while riding bike

Fatal collision happened in Walsall yesterday on road described as “dangerous” by one local

Near Miss of the Day 799: “I really got a fright,” says cyclist after very close pass

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

Near Miss of the Day 798: “20-second masterpiece in karma” – a close pass results in a speeding fine

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - this time a driver squeezes past a cyclist into a speed camera flash