Crime & Legal

What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling

If you've suffered a near miss or close pass here's what you need to know about reporting it to the police and submitting your footage

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Driver who deliberately knocked cyclist from bike jailed for 16 months (+ video)

Ashley Merrett was sentenced today following incident caught on camera in Colchester in May 2016

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Driver risks losing licence for repeatedly breaking 20mph limit

Bristol motorist caught three times in a month says she's being “made to feel like a criminal"

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Near Miss of the Day 104: Close-pass driver gives cyclist abuse

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

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Near Miss of the Day turns 100 – Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

Our regular feature highlighting close passes reveals some common issues faced by cyclists on the UK's roads

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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

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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

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

Group of cyclists felt driver had veered towards them

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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

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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

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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