Police in Gloucester have launched an appeal for witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a driver in what is believed to have been a deliberate attack.
Officers say that the cyclist, who was riding along Cheltenham Road at around 9am last Thursday struck the wing mirror of a black Alfa Romeo car.
The driver was then said to have driven into the cyclist on purpose, knocking him off his bike, with the rider sustaining back and ankle injuries as well as bruising.
Gloucestershire Police say that his bike was also damaged in the incident, which happened outside the University of Gloucestershire campus, and it is believed that a number of people may have witnessed what happened.
Police are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident, or who may have dashcam footage to come forward.
Information can be submitted online by completing a form at this link and quoting incident 256 of 3 March.
Alternatively, anyone with information can call police on 101 or the charity Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555111.




















22 thoughts on “Police hunt driver who knocked cyclist off his bike on purpose”
Do hope the wing mirror is ok
Do hope the wing mirror is ok.
Let’s hope they take away the
Let’s hope they take away the perpetrato’rs license!
chrisonatrike wrote:
LICENCE.
swldxer wrote:
But you’re giving “perpetrato’rs” a pass?!
Its a very specific pedant’s
Its a very specific
pedant’spedants’pedantry battle SWLDXERS’ fighting…(And apologies – I appear to
(And apologies – I appear to have “turned heel”. In my defense most of our regular contrarians appear to be “taking a break” although may be an artifact of them shape-shifting yet again… anyway hope I didn’t cause offense or traumatize y’all).
Took your time this time…
Took your time this time…
And how was the cyclist able
And how was the cyclist able to hit the wing mirror? A close pass, perhaps?
Unless it was Mr Tickle……
Unless it was Mr Tickle…….
the little onion wrote:
judging by all the sleevs for my cycling jerseys, it seems that most cyclists have very long arms.
or maybe i just have little t rex arms
That or the Alfa had already
That or the Alfa had already done something to the cyclist before deciding to run him over.
At the risk of sounding
At the risk of sounding pedantic shouldn’t Roadcc remove the word “hunt” from the title. The police have made an appeal, if they are tracking down every black Alpha Romeo to inspect for damage, then I would deem that a hunt. Not let’s sit on our backsides and see if someone has any cctv footage that they will then dismiss not clear enough.
Did he hold thr driver up for
Did he hold the driver up for 9 seconds?
The driver must be shitting
The driver must be shitting them self at the prospect of facing a suspended sentence and piss poor fine when caught?
Are we all quite sure that it
Are we all quite sure that it was a “wing” mirror? 😉
Beetlejuice!
Funny you should say that.
Funny you should say that. Read the comments in the link below.
https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/cyclist-driven-into-alfa-romeo-6766605
🙂
brooksby wrote:
I HAVE AN ALFA – IT HAS DOOR MIRRORS.
swldxer wrote:
Hunting for the driver, so he
Hunting for the driver, so he can claim compensation for his wing mirror, as we know Police are not interested in taking action against drivers who deliberately drive into cyclists.
https://road.cc/content/news/driver-tries-ram-cyclist-bike-290923
Don’t be ridiculous.
Don’t be ridiculous.
They’ll want to know if he’ll be pressing charges for assault. ?
Why are they appealing for
Why are they appealing for video footage, when they ignore or reject the same when it is submitted by the victim themselves without appeal?
Why are they appealing for
Why are they appealing for video footage, when they ignore or reject the same when it is submitted by the victim themselves without appeal?
Because they’re all drivers who don’t even know which bit of a bike is the top, or how you make the ones without engines go, and because they’re b******s who reserve their indignation for people who report offences instead of wasting it on the drivers who commit them.