Crime & Legal

Near Miss of the Day 693: MGIF driver ignores oncoming vehicle for unholy overtake outside Ripon Cathedral

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's North Yorkshire...

Essex shop changes test ride rules after thief rode off on £5,000 e-bike

Elsewhere thieves have used fake ID to secure test rides

Garda commissioner quashes sanctions against two police officers accused of negligence in hit-and-run case which killed cyclist

The motorist who killed 23-year-old Shane O’Farrell was out on bail from three courts and had been arrested two weeks earlier

“Expect a ticket”: Drivers obstructing cycle lanes fined by Merseyside Police

Police crack down on illegal parking in new experimental bike lane on Kingsley Road

Near Miss of the Day 692: Lorry driver pushes in front at roundabout — police take no action…but advise cyclist on Highway Code

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Oxfordshire

Mr Loophole secures acquittal of cyclist accused of causing crash

Paul Crompton was accused of cycling without due care and attention after motorist Derek Pipe rear-ended him

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London mugging victim finds bike for sale online – but police fail to keep appointment to help retrieve it

Matthew Sparkes had arranged to ‘buy’ his bike back from mugger after spotting Facebook ad

“Red mist” driver who deliberately drove at cyclist escapes jail and driving ban

Judge tells Curtis Stanway “normally road rage people go to custody” as he hands down suspended sentence and lets him keep his driving licence

Near Miss of the Day 691: Close pass lorry driver not prosecuted due to foreign plates

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Warwickshire

Near Miss of the Day 690: “Driver came flying by me at high speed” – with car coming the other way

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Cornwall

Van driver who left a cyclist unable to move for two months is fined £550 for ‘driving without due care’

The cyclist suffered shoulder, pelvis and leg fractures in the incident, which took place the same month national media outlets criticised a local bike lane

Driver who seriously injured cyclist when overtaking group ride fined

Anthony Chester crashed into rider to avoid oncoming car as he attempted to pass group on blind bend

Merseyside moped muggers steal two bikes at knifepoint

Robbery happened in Halewood on evening of New Year’s Day

Killer hit-and-run driver’s sentence and ban highlights need for legal reform

Current laws encourage drunk drivers who kill to flee the scene and escape justice, say campaigners

Woman who pushed boy off bike then boasted about it on Facebook fined

Eyewitness said that victim was pushing bike along pavement with his foot at walking pace when Helen Henry-Bond shoved him

Near Miss of the Day 689: “You pr*ck!” – Driver makes very close pass on cyclist at speed

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Gloucestershire

Near Miss of the Day 588: Aggressive driver tails cyclists through village, makes dangerous overtakes … and gets offered place on awareness course by police

Cyclist says “prolonged and dangerous road rage attack put our lives and two oncoming motorists in danger”

Public must be told about Highway Code changes, says Cycling UK

Effect of new rules aimed at protecting vulnerable road users will be limited if people are unaware of them, says charity

Brussels bike thieves face €250 on the spot fines

Will the model work – and could it be adopted elsewhere, including the UK?

Near Miss of the Day 587: One cyclist’s 2021 compilation of close passes and other incidents

Rider’s videos have resulted in 30 motorists getting Notices of Intended Prosecution this year

Richmond Park cyclist crashes into car’s rear window after driver slows to let geese cross road

Police say rider was taken to hospital but injuries are not “life threatening or life changing”

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Near Miss of the Day 686: National Express driver almost squashes cyclist against parked cars

“I genuinely thought my wife was going to be a widow,” says the cyclist who received this shocking overtake

Near Miss of the Day 685: “I really thought the game was up with this one”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's North Yorkshire

Near Miss of the Day 684: Punishment pass in Pimlico sees Jaguar driver get fined

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's London

Updated: Jail for driver who had been drinking at illegal lockdown party and left teen cyclist to die

Victim’s father says his son “was left as roadkill by someone who should not have been on the roads”

Near Miss of the Day 683: Oncoming driver misses cyclist by inches

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Argyll & Bute

Motorcyclist killed, cyclist seriously injured, after crash in Poole

Fatal collision happened yesterday morning – police appeal for witnesses

Cyclist who rode into barbed wire trap needed 17 stitches in neck (+ graphic images)

South Wales Police are investigating incident on mountain bike trail in Rhondda Valley

Government confirms it has “no plans” to make cyclists wear identification numbers as it rejects ‘Mr Loophole’ petition

Solicitor Nick Freeman’s petition last week scraped over the 10,000-signature threshold to require official response

Near Miss of the Day 682: The full of festive cheer edition (no, really)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Oxford