Crime & Legal

Community sentence for driver who claimed car’s A-pillar meant he didn’t see cyclist he killed

Paul Sims died three weeks after he was hit by Bradley Schofield in Cambridgeshire last April

Near Miss of the Day 533: Hay transporter lorry driver in very close pass

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

Second major bike theft in Scottish Highlands in a fortnight sees thieves steal bicycles worth £50,000

Burglary in Grantown-on-Spey comes a fortnight after similar raid 30 miles away in Laggan

Near Miss of the Day 532: Very close pass ahead of red traffic light

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

Police use close pass footage to highlight dangerous driving… but insisted “no offence was committed” when incident was reported

Wilmslow Police were challenged when a cyclist spotted a still taken from footage he’d submitted to them

Driver who shook fist at cyclist before collision fined £400

When asked how his victim was, the man replied: "I don't know. I left him in the road"

Near Miss of the Day 531: Spain vs the UK – close pass, at speed, into oncoming traffic

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

Car passenger pushes pensioner from bike – then steals it

70-year-old victim lay on ground, unable to move, as bicycle was taken in Rotherham robbery

Near Miss of the Day 530: ‘Must Get In Front’ driver forced to bale out on manoeuvre

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

Motorist, 88, gets three-year driving ban for killing cyclist

Frederick Clague failed to see Simon Jones on roundabout before driving over cyclist despite witnesses yelling at him to stop

Spain plans to make drivers slow down when overtaking cyclists

Motorists will still be required to also give 1.5 metres of space when passing people on bikes

Cyclist reveals abuse received when asking group riders in Regent’s Park not to flout lockdown rules

Many are ignoring lockdown rules by going to park “to meet friends” with some even “going for coffee afterwards," a road.cc reader has claimed

Near Miss of the Day 529: Driver in close pass on country lane (video includes swearing)

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

Near Miss of the Day 528: Driver pulls out on cyclist “lit up literally like a Christmas tree”

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

Brighton woman riding with her child on her bike sent face-first into wall by another cyclist

Agnieszka Merta was riding on a narrow shared-use path where locals say there are many collisions

Near Miss of the Day 525: Cyclist has to thump on taxi window as driver squeezes him into verge

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

Council deputy leader left-hooked by white van man – while riding in emergency cycle lane

Incident involving Brighton & Hove councillor happened on pop-up cycle lane in Hove, East Sussex

Near Miss of the Day 524: “Taking primary’ doesn’t always work” – Driver close passes Surrey Hills cyclist riding downhill

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

Blow for active travel in London as High Court judge rules Sadiq Khan’s Streetspace initiative unlawful

Judicial review initiated by taxi trade also quashes guidance to boroughs on low traffic neighbourhoods and pop-up bike lanes

Drawing pins strewn on West Sussex emergency bike lane that is currently being ripped up by council

Police say that one person on Upper Shoreham Road “narrowly escaped serious injury”

Threat to axe New Forest’s off-road cycle network as court criticises “out of control” cyclists

Forestry England told to “toughen up” action against what one local official describes as “gangs of hardcore bikers”

Near Miss of the Day 523: Tipper truck driver pulls out in front of lorry and cyclist

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

Swindon cyclist beaten up in bikejacking theft

Rider was set upon by gang wielding metal poles, say police

Public say Boris Johnson’s bike ride makes it more difficult for police officers to enforce lockdown laws

Separate poll shows most believe that Prime Minister's Olympic Park ride did not break rules

BMW driver crashes into e-bike warehouse in the Netherlands, starting huge fire

Police suspect driver, who fled the scene, drove into the building on purpose

Near Miss of the Day 522: Land Rover driver in pointless close pass

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

Nail traps laid down against Cheshire cyclists

Boards with nails hammered through them were placed on popular MTB trail near Warrington

Three Bora-Hansgrohe riders in hospital after driver crashes into training ride

Wilco Kelderman, 3rd at 2020 Giro d’Italia, sustained broken vertebra in incident yesterday near Italy’s Lake Garda

Near Miss of the Day 521: Close pass … by a police van (plus how it all went a bit Kafkaesque afterwards)

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

Police investigating cyclist Tony Parsons’ disappearance confirm his body has been found

Police Scotland recently made two arrests over Tony Parsons’ disappearance and have been searching farmland on Highland Estate