Crime & Legal

‘Driving is a privilege, not a right’ says All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group as it calls for Government to close driving ban loophole

Cross-party group of MPs and peers also says more police forces need to adopt close pass initiatives

Four cyclists suing council – for injuries caused by crashing on same pothole

Incidents all happened in space of three weeks - Staffordshire County Council had inspected defect days before the first casualty

Lancashire police appeal for witnesses following cyclist’s death

Particularly interested in dash and helmet cam footage

London tour bus driver pushed cyclist into oncoming traffic

Also said to have tried to ‘bulldoze’ cyclist in his double decker after repeatedly hitting his rear wheel

“Unacceptable” – police condemn Staffordshire cyclist filmed taking 30mph tow uphill from car (+ link to video)

Dashcam footage showed vehicles travelling in opposite direction narrowly missing rider

Hit and run driver who killed cyclist returned to scene of crash as “complete bystander”

Suspended sentence for Stephen Shaw who admitted killing John Dykes, aged 83 and who had cycled since his teens

Video: Motorist drives into cyclist at roundabout- “Why segregated cycle infrastructure is needed”

Incident happened in Horsham, West Sussex

Details emerge of attack that left French pro Yoann Offredo with broken nose

Wanty-Groupe Gobert rider posted pictures of his injuries to Facebook yesterday

Police Scotland launch Operation Close Pass in Edinburgh

Plans to roll it out across Scotland

New drink-driving ban for Jonathan Tiernan-Locke

Ex-Team Sky pro who was banned for doping has second drink-driving ban imposed in less than two years

Video: Irish cyclist suffers terrifying head-on close-pass by truck

Truck driver crosses continuous white line down centre of road

Arrest made after Bristol bike thief is filmed by bystander

Social media debate had centred on whether person who shot the footage should have intervened

Video: Lisbon bikejacker foiled as he runs into group ride … from the city’s police academy

Intended victim was heading to join police officers on mountain bike ride

Driver who killed cyclist and scrapped his van to try and cover his tracks has sentence extended for conning pensioners

Fatal collision resulted in protracted police investigation to find the driver responsible

Video: Driving tests are changing – but no specific cycle awareness component

L-drivers will be tested on sat-navs and other issues in overhaul of testing regime

Jeremy Vine road rage driver jailed after losing appeal

Footage of incident between motorist and cyclist has now been viewed several million times on social media

Video: Driving tests are changing – but no specific cycle awareness component

L-drivers will be tested on sat-navs and other issues in overhaul of testing regime

Close pass initiative launched in Northern Ireland as part of #seethecyclist campaign

Cyclists encouraged to use cameras and bike lights

Cycling club donate bike to Herts 89-year-old after hers is stolen

Berkhamsted Cycling Club to rescue following theft of Mary Hampton's Raleigh Shopper

Polish team race Amstel Gold after police recover their stolen bikes

All but two of the bikes stolen on Thursday night found their way back to CCC Sprandi Polkowice team

89-year-old cyclist suffers first bike theft but is overwhelmed with offers of replacements

Said she’d never once locked her bike in 85 years of cycling

Irish police lobby for compulsory high-vis for all cyclists

Stopped short of asking pedestrians to do the same as it was 'unenforceable'

Video: London cyclist pulled over by police officer – who needs to re-read the Highway Code

Officer passes rider too closely and above speed limit, then tells him he shouldn’t be in middle of the road

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Suspended sentence for Yorkshire driver who killed oncoming cyclist while overtaking

Told by judge he should have waited before attempting manoeuvre

Hit and run driver kills pensioner while on bail for cyclist incident

It was the second time he was caught driving dangerously in Brighton

“You should hang your head in shame,” judge tells 82-year-old driver who ran over cyclist

Victim says:"How can any human being be so callous to reapply for a driving licence?"

Breaking News: Driver in Mick Mason case acquitted by jury

Gail Purcell stood trial following crowdfunded private prosecution, believed to be a legal first

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Former ITV cycling presenter in court on charge of riding bike while drunk

Richard Cunynghame, who presented The Cycle Show, is also alleged not to have stopped when police asked him

“That’s a human being” – Chris Boardman slams Sainsbury’s response to close pass video

Supermarket operator suggested on Twitter that dangerous overtake was okay because "driver is in his own lane"

South Wales Police cites number of cycling fatalities when explaining that it has no plans to introduce close pass initiative

Cyclists point out the operation is about more than just preventing fatalities