Crime & Legal

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

“Get off your bikes!” Anti-cycleway campaigner yells at kids using new route

Jeremy Vine filmed ex-Tory ward chair David Giles berating families celebrating opening of lane in west London

Police return bike to theft victim – before he knew it had been stolen

Officers caught thief as he tried to ride away – and traced owner through Bike Register

Rider suffers horrific neck injury as barbed wire strung across path (plus graphic images)

Trap was struch across a trail in the Rhondda Valley in south Wales

Near Miss of the Day 681: “I live to fight another day”

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

Driver admits killing off-duty police officer in crash in Wales as she rode bike

Simon Draper pleaded guilty to causing death of Lynwen Thomas by careless driving, but denies more serious dangerous driving charge

Near Miss of the Day 680: Dangerous overtake into oncoming traffic

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

Two in three drivers unaware of forthcoming changes to Highway Code, says AA

Motoring organisation urges Department for Transport to run awareness campaign ahead of new rules coming into effect at end of January

Police officer seriously injured while trying to stop bike thief

Leicestershire Police have launched an appeal following incident in city centre earlier this week

Near Miss of the Day 679: Close pass followed by left hook (includes swearing)

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

Police raid house in hunt for driver who left cyclist critically injured after “targeted” attack

Three police cars and two vans were outside premises in Stoke-on-Trent with raid linked to Friday’s incident in Rochdale

Mr Loophole’s cyclist ID petition “gathers momentum” says BBC – except it closed last week

Solicitor to the stars Nick Freeman will now get response from government – but we already know what the answer will be

Woman charged over insecure load after bike crashes into car on motorway

Police said it was “pure luck” that driver was not seriously injured when bike smashed into windscreen on M9 in September