Crime & Legal

Near Miss of the Day 103: Overtaking lorry driver forces cyclist to brake

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Leeds

Six months for lorry driver who killed cyclist after driving into the back of him on a straight section of road

A collision investigation report concluded victim would have been in driver’s eye line for around 13 seconds before he was hit

Hull woman threw ‘oven cleaner’ over cyclist in road rage attack

Group of cyclists felt driver had veered towards them

Cyclist who sustained brain injury in pothole crash sues TfL for £300,000

High Court writ alleges that road defect should have been spotted and remedied through regular inspections

Police in Cambridge to launch close pass initiative tomorrow

Operation Velo will also be rolled out to rest of county and to Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire in due course

Woman in Turkey seeks divorce over husband’s bicycle ‘obsession’

"My husband always spends time with his bicycle. He has a different kind of a bond with it" – he even did bike repairs in the living room, claims divorce petition…

Two charged after alleged attacks on cyclists at last year’s Tour o’ The Borders

Riders taking part in Scottish event last September said protesters blocked road and hit some people with sticks

Near Miss of the Day 102: Trailer-towing tractor driver in close pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Staffordshire

Family of cyclist who drowned in Bristol harbour sue council for £1.5 million

Sean Philips died in March 2013 after falling from his bike, possibly after wheel became trapped in a railway track

Near Miss of the Day 101: Deliberate close pass at night

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

Near Miss of the Day 100: No space for driver to overtake … but they try anyway

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Cambridgeshire

South Wales Police chief reveals how he plans to make Cardiff safer for cyclists

“If there’s a city that can make cycling work, it’s Cardiff," Matt Jukes tells meeting of Cardiff Cycle City

Mansfield partially relaxes town centre cycling ban

Cyclists will be able to ride in pedestrian zone of Nottinghamshire town from 6pm-10am seven days a week

Near Miss of the Day 96: Driver fails to see cyclist on roundabout

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Southampton

Driver accused of killing Michele Scarponi dies of cancer

Giuseppe Giacconi was reportedly consumed by grief after April 2017 crash that claimed life of 2017 Giro d'Italia champion

Family of cyclist killed in crash at Portsmouth velodrome plan legal action

Jury return accidental death verdict at inquest on Richard Phillips-Schofield

Near Miss of the Day 95: Driver almost takes out rider’s rear wheel through roadworks

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Essex

Near Miss of the Day 94: Addison Lee driver in close pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

Six months’ jail for drunk cyclist who crashed into pensioner while riding bike with no brakes

Philip Cox had been riding along platform at Leicester railway station when he collided with man who had just got off train

Cyclist killed as motorist driving at 100mph+ crashes into charity ride in California

Another rider seriously injured in fatal collision at Tour de Palm Springs

Near Miss of the Day 93: TfL bus driver fined after close pass – and says it would have been better if he’d been driving his car

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

Cyclist mugged and pushed into stream on popular Cambridge cycle route

Victim lost laptop, phone and bike after being stopped by hooded youths on Snakey Path near Cherry Hinton

Arrest made after lorry driver who hit cyclist stopped to check vehicle then drove off

Male rider in his 30s sustained "life changing injuries" in collision in Norfolk this morning

Near Miss of the Day 92: Police decline to act on close pass

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Northamptonshire

Ex-postman jailed for stealing packages in the mail containing cycling products

John Woodhouse was caught after a tracking device was placed on a parcel

Near Miss of the Day 91: Cyclist has two close passes while returning from ride

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s Northern Ireland

‘Vigilante’ cyclist Dave Sherry knocked off bike by lorry driver (+ link to video)

“I thought I was going to die,” says man once described as 'Britain’s most hated cyclist'

Cyclist’s “momentary lapse in judgement” led to her death, says coroner

Oliwia Wojciechowska rode through red light at signalled pedestrian crossing into path of lorry, inquest told

Near Miss of the Day 89: Tailgating driver leans on horn before close pass – and gets prosecuted

Our regular feature highlighting close passes caught on camera from around the country – today it’s London

York cycle shop owner who ran bike theft ring targeting city’s railway station jailed

Philip Rennison, who ran now-defunct Cycle City, used middleman to tell thief which bikes to steal