Near Miss of the Day 291: Two very close passes - but drivers escape with warnings

The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a cyclist being subjected to very close passes by two motorists - but when he notified police, the drivers received warnings rather than the incidents being referred for prosecution.

The cyclist who filmed the close passes, road.cc reader Ian, reported them to police back when they happened in February. One of the overtakes, by the driver of a red Mini, was particularly close.

He told us: "After chasing Police for a result I got one a few days ago in a phone call from Doncaster Police, which is the audio track to the video."

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Over the years road.cc has reported on literally hundreds of close passes and near misses involving badly driven vehicles from every corner of the country – so many, in fact, that we’ve decided to turn the phenomenon into a regular feature on the site. One day hopefully we will run out of close passes and near misses to report on, but until that happy day arrives, Near Miss of the Day will keep rolling on.

If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.

If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won't show up on searches).

Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.

> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling

> What to do next if you’ve been involved in a road traffic collision