Near Miss of the Day 500: Mercedes driver pulls out on cyclist

Our Near Miss of the Day feature today has its 500th submission - we'll be trawling back through them soon to pick out some key trends - and while it's not the worst we've seen, it is one of those things that shows why you have to keep your wits about you when cycling.

This one, sent in by road.cc reader Arun, happened on The Broadway in Southall, West London.

He told us: "Black Benz pulls up from a side road right into my path without stopping, needing a strong swerve to avoid an ugly collision," adding that he "Didn't take any further action."

> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

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