Crime & Legal

299 Tacx trainers stolen in truck raid

Suffering stations worth over £1,000 helped off back of lorry

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Police use speed guns to target cyclists on Bristol & Bath Railway Path

More than 15 riders caught travelling at more than 20mph on shared use path

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Update: Arrest made following death of cyclist killed by A13 ‘street-racing’ driver

32-year-old father of two killed by suspected joyrider in hit and run

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Hertfordshire cyclist pushed into canal in unprovoked assault

Police appeal after attack on woman on Grand Union Canal in Hemel Hempstead

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Video: Manchester cyclist hit by taxi – footage being used as evidence in civil action

“I know wearing a camera is controversial but without it, it would have been my word against the driver’s”

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Need to change culture of phone use by drivers says Transport Secretary

Has commissioned a report into the issue which will be out next year

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73 year old driver handed 5 year ban and community service for killing female cyclist in the Highlands

Murdo Morrison 'suffers bouts of grief' since he killed his friend Mary Brook

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Bike thieves slice through cycle racks with saw to lift off couple’s bikes

Bikes stolen outside couple's home after neighbour saw men with saw - but police never responded to call

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Cyclist fined for ‘avoiding phone box’ on shared use crowd funds his appeal

Kristian Gregory to get his day in court over £50 Fixed Penaly Notice for straying into pedestrian zone

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Royal Parks says Jeremy Vine didn’t break speed limit – because it doesn’t apply to cyclists

Riders asked to adhere to 5mph limit for motor vehicles, but don’t necessarily break law if they don’t

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Cyclists fined over £1,000,000 in London police crackdown

Operation Safeway fined another 6,000 riders in first seven months of 2014

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Driver who thought he hit pothole when he ran over cyclist acquitted

Magistrates say no evidence that Mark Tyler was distracted by hands-free mobile phone he was using

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Radio Two’s Jeremy Vine busted for speeding in Hyde Park – on his bike

DJ was riding at 16mph, told by radar-toting cop the limit is 5mph

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Australians look to get cycle insurance in wake of $1.7m payout

Canberra cycling group has seen a 15 per cent rise in insurance applications since judgement

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Police warning: Thieves using Strava to target expensive bikes in Wales

Dyfed-Powys Police advise cyclists to check their Strava privacy settings + road.cc online security tips

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WADA chief says drugs cheats shouldn’t go to jail

Sir Craig Reedie says dopers should face sporting sanctions, not criminal ones

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Scottish traffic commissioner gets tough on lorry & coach driver phone use

Joan Aitken threatens to pull licences of firms that call drivers

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Ten months in jail for repeat driving offender who hit cyclist during ‘lunatic’ police chase

Shane Dunwell took girlfriend's car and drove across pavements and dual carriageways to try to evade police

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Driver of Crossrail tipper truck charged over London cyclist’s death

Brian Holt was one of six bike riders killed in capital last November; his death is only one in which charges brought

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Expensive bikes being targeted by thieves in South Wales

Police describe rise in thefts as ‘not normal’

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Red light jumping cyclist runs over pedestrian – then gets attacked by cab driver

Witness describes Boston taxi driver “pummelling” controversial alleycat film-maker Lucas Brunelle

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Killer driver jailed for eight and a half years

Uninsured, unlicensed driver failed to stop after hitting 74-year-old rider

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Tighten tests to ensure older motorists fit to drive, says lawyer

Eyesight should be tested and fitness to drive certified by responsible person, Fatal Accident Inquiry told

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Jail for Lancashire man who pushed cyclist off bike then threw it at him

Judge imposes 18 month sentence for unlawful wounding

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Fewer Oxford cyclists riding without lights following police blitz

But councillor says police are being ‘too reasonable’ and more should be done

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Driver who hit John Radford may face further charges

Possible causing death by dangerous driving charge after death of Huddersfield CTC chairman

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Drunk cyclist hands over $1,000 bike to New York City thief

Crime victim says state of intoxication led him to comply with robber’s request

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Road rage driver convcited of assaulting two cyclists who were off-duty police officers

Kenneth Warrington banned from driving for two months and fined £400 for incident in Northern Ireland

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Cyclist hurt in “road rage” attack last year dies

Huddersfield CTC chairman & cycling campaigner John Radford was 70

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MP calls for manslaughter charges in dangerous driving cases

Government commits to public consultation on the issue of sentencing

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