Crime & Legal

Near Miss of the Day 604: Driver makes two close passes in succession into oncoming traffic

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

High Court judge rejects challenge to Lambeth’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Council acted in line with regulations and did not discriminate against disabled people who rely on cars for transport

Near Miss of the Day 603: Cyclist squeezed between overtaking driver and parked cars

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

French police launch hunt for fan who caused huge crash at Tour de France

The Gendarmerie du Finistère said the woman, who also faces being sued by the race organisers, had run off before officers were able to talk to her

Passenger filmed climbing out of a moving car and trying to push cyclist

The man who witnessed the incident said he 'couldn't believe what he was seeing'

Family of man killed while riding trike urge elderly motorists to get eye test

Mick Harvey was killed when he was struck from behind by driver aged in her 90s

Drugged driver who killed two cyclists jailed for 11 years

Colin Smith was more than twice the legal limit for cannabis when he crashed into Tony Cope and Clare Killey in Liverpool in February 2019

“Absolutely vile” – Cyclist slams Staffordshire Police after it tells him no prosecution of drivers based on video footage if no injury or damage involved

Cycling UK says if it reflects force-wide policy, “it risks sending a dangerous message”

Near Miss of the Day 602: Two close passes in 30 seconds

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

Fake cop stops cyclist and demands to see his ‘licence’ to ride in bike lane

Bogus officer in Leicester was wearing stab vest and had blue light on top of his car

“We know who you are” – poster addressed to bike thief gets bike returned to owner

Plus, two more heart-warming tales of stolen bikes being reunited with their owners

Nine-year-old boy sustains neck injury after cycling into rope stretched across path

Kent Police are treating case as attempted grievous bodily harm

Cycling UK heads to Court of Appeal over scrapped Shoreham-By-Sea pop-up cycle lane

Charity’s application for judicial review of West Sussex County Council’s decision to remove facility was refused by High Court judge last month

Near Miss of the Day 601: Tesco delivery driver in close pass – not the first time we’ve seen that

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

Near Miss of the Day 600: Caught on home CCTV edition

Our regular series from around the country hits another unwanted milestone, with near misses captured on CCTV and dashcam for number 600 in our series

Online troll who abused Labour MP over low traffic neighbourhoods sentenced

Brian Haven claimed he had been wound up by radio talk shows – highlighting that divisive rhetoric can have real-life consequences

Near Miss of the Day 599: The “I’m a cyclist myself” edition

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

Transport for London wins appeal over Streetspace active travel programme

Court of Appeal reverses decision from earlier this year that City Hall initiatives to promote cycling and walking were unlawful

Near Miss of the Day 598: Motorist overtakes on blind bend

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

Police investigate as London cyclist killed after crashing into car door

Victim, a woman aged 65, died in hospital two days after incident in Haringey in late May

Near Miss of the Day 597: Driver overtakes cyclist despite oncoming bus … then turns left

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

Near Miss of the Day 596: Dublin cyclist gets close pass

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country and beyond - today it's Dublin

Security guard sacked for riding child’s bicycle up and down tram platform

An employment tribunal judge said the man was 'the author of his own misfortune'

Near Miss of the Day 595: Classic traffic island Must Get In Front driver then left-hooks cyclist

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

Near Miss of the Day 594: Cyclists ride single file … and still get a close pass from a lorry driver

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

Drug driver who killed five cyclists jailed for at least 16 years

Jordan Barson crashed into group as they rode south of Las Vegas last December

Near Miss of the Day 593: The very close to (road.cc’s) home one

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's just round the corner from our office

Near Miss of the Day 592: “Hard to tell if it counts as a cut-up, close pass, or a must get in-front”

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

‘Mr Loophole’ lawyer Nick Freeman wades into e-scooter debate… by launching petition calling for cyclists to be licensed

Government has consistently said that registration of bike riders would be counter-productive and that costs would outweigh benefits

Cyclist died after falling into storm drain, inquest hears

Coroner calls for safety barrier to be installed at junction near Christchurch