Crime & Legal

West Midlands Police say close pass operation has halved poor overtaking offences

In its latest blog, the police force assesses the impact of Give Space, be Safe and says it will continue running it

Was South Yorkshire Police right not to follow West Midlands Police’s ‘close pass’ initiative? We look at the numbers

Force said not enough cyclists were dying on the roads it polices to justify adopting the approach – but including serious injuries paints a different picture

6,000 say no to whiplash compensation law changes that would stop injured cyclists recovering costs

Cycling and walking charities say increasing small claims limit to £5 000 would make it impossible for cyclists and pedestrians to recover costs in 70% of injury cases

Video: Aussie road rage driver attacks cyclist…then offers to pay for damages

Bike-mounted camera footage shows a man attacking a cyclist for 'being in the middle of the road'. After a fight, caught on camera, the man offers to pay the cyclist

Cycle courier tribunal finds company unlawfully held back employee benefits

'Gig economy' workers can't necessarily be considered self-employed, landmark ruling finds

Police officer stops ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy – for cycling the wrong way along quayside in St Tropez

Incident happened on New Year's Eve at end of a bad year for the politcian

Former Deputy Prime Minister Lord Heseltine fined £5,000 after seriously injuring cyclist

Tory politician pleaded guilty to careless driving following incident in which he drove out of country lane into cyclist's path

Stolen bike alert: Tall bike with no brakes taken from Bristol garden

Owner is appealing for people to keep their eyes peeled for the distinctive, two metre tall machine, which he built himself

Bike theft is ‘the new car theft’ says Police Service of Northern Ireland

Sustrans says not enough people are using good locks

Green London Assembly member calls for close-pass initiative to be rolled out London-wide

Trial run in Camden on three occasions

Man faces £351 bill after being caught illegally riding through Bedford town centre

Cycling UK are against PSPOs banning cycling and are challenging a different one in court

Sister of boy mugged for bike he received as Christmas gift crowdfunds money to buy replacement

Freddie Colman’s parents had saved for months to buy bike stolen on Boxing Day

Justice for Cyclists: inquiry seeks evidence from cyclists

The All Party Parliamentary Cycling Group is investigating whether the justice system is failing cyclists and letting drivers off lightly for collisions

Road rage attacker fined £10,000 – but no driving ban

Judge ruled self-employed driver Michael Gibbins, who broke a cyclist's shoulder and leg 'in a blind rage', should keep his licence to pay compensation to victim

Bike shop owner says Christmas break-in may force him out of business

Appeal for information leading to return of five electric bicycles stolen from The Bicycle Den in Hebden Bridge over the festive period

Jail for motorist who killed cyclist while driving “like an idiot” in Leeds

Driver was doing 70mph in a 50mph area with his young daughter in the back

Grimsby cyclist-killer truck driver’s appeal against sentence length thrown out

Judge said appeal had “no merit”

Sunday Times: Rod Liddle wasn’t condoning ‘dooring’ cyclists – he was just using “heavy irony”

Newspaper’s response dismays charity Cycling UK and widow of cyclist killed in dooring incident

Cycling UK demands Sunday Times retracts and apologises for Rod Liddle column praising transport secretary for dooring a cyclist

Charity slams "inflammatory and dangerous" comments by controversial columnist

Video: Ram raiders target Cyclefit Manchester, steal three bikes

Theft happened just after midnight on Monday

Proposed Coventry cycling ban “latest abuse of public space ASBOs” says Cycling UK

Proposed Public Space Protection Order to ban cycling in what was once a global hub for cycle manufacturing is latest use of the legislation to criminalise legal behaviour, says Cycling UK

Exeter farmer was reaching for phone when he hit cyclist

Also convicted of five animal welfare offences

Former chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Cycling Group writes to Prime Minister about Grayling incident

Says Grayling is guilty of at least one traffic offence and asks what action will be taken

South Yorkshire Police says no to close-pass initiative – cites low number of cyclist fatalities in the region

“Deaths involving cyclists in South Yorkshire are nowhere near the levels that they are in the West Midlands or other parts of the country”

Cycling UK suggests Chris Grayling should be prosecuted for dooring incident

Charity’s plea for ‘dooring’ offence to be treated more seriously recently rejected

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Movistar pro Andrey Amador has his bike confiscated during confrontation with Costa Rican police (+ video)

Second occasion Amador has ended a Costa Rican training ride without a bike

Bike theft gang who used Facebook to track victims and stole bikes worth £35,000 jailed

Police matched locations of break-ins to mobile phone records

North London cyclist, 15, killed in collision with motorbike rider

Fatal crash happened in Belsize Park on Saturday afternoon - police seek witnesses

Police in Cambridge seek occupants of white van after cyclists pushed off bikes

Other incidents in East Chesterton area of city have involved eggs being thrown at pedestrians

Police use 999 call from drunk driver who left cyclist to die and claimed her car was stolen in anti-drink driving campaign

Maria Sutton, who claimed her car had been stolen from outside pub, was jailed for four years in June for killing Graham Ruecroft