Crime & Legal

Cyclist seriously injured after wire stretched across bike path

Ian Davies was left with broken ribs and collarbones as a result of trap on Chester Millennium Greenway

Lorry driver who caused cyclist’s death following “perilous overtaking manoeuvre” spared jail

Neil James McVeigh, whose close pass caused cyclist Martin Poland to lose control of his bike, was handed a 15-month driving ban and ordered to complete 100 hours of community service

Near Miss of the Day 852: Motorist’s dashcam catches another driver’s close pass on cyclist

The report also caused some confusion as Sussex Police's reporting portal tells users they "should be informing the public that they are being filmed" for GDPR purposes

Pedestrian on trial for manslaughter over cyclist’s death during pavement cycling dispute

The prosecutor told the court Auriol Grey was "angered by the presence of a cyclist on a footpath" and "gestured in a hostile and aggressive way", causing the rider to fall into the road where she was fatally hit

Government considers inviting evidence for lifetime bans on dangerous drivers who kill

DfT responds to petition lodged by mother of teenage girl killed by speeding motorist

California cyclists targeted in dooring attacks (+ video)

“They deliberately tried to kill me,” says victim of one of the assaults

“They didn’t think I would make it”: 80-year-old cyclist wins compensation after horrific pothole crash

Jocky Johnstone hit the ground face first because of the pothole that South Lanarkshire District Council had failed to repair properly despite numerous complaints

Near Miss of the Day 851: Transport for London launches investigation after “unacceptable” close passing bus driver squeezes cyclist into kerb

“Driving that endangers cyclists or pedestrians is unacceptable and far from the required standard of our bus drivers,” says TfL’s head of bus operations

Cyclist warns of yet another terrifying knifepoint bikejacking

The road.cc reader was rammed from his bike as he cycled home from work before being surrounded by three masked attackers who pulled out a knife

Taxi association warns drivers of “sneaky” cyclists with cameras catching law-breaking behaviour

A Licensed Taxi Driver’s Association (LTDA) representative claimed that 90% of reports submitted to the police came from cyclists

Near Miss of the Day 850: “Lights, reflectors and hi-vis — if they ain’t looking they won’t see you”

Sorry mate I didn't see you!

Police officer who pepper-sprayed black cyclist keeps job after disciplinary probe

Sergeant Jennifer Edwards given final written warning relating to incident in Birmingham in 2020

Two men jailed for knifepoint robbery at Mark Cavendish’s family home

Romario Henry has been jailed for 15 years, while Ali Sesay received a 12-year sentence for the robbery and eight years for unrelated firearms offences

Cyclists, 13, have bikes stolen after being “deliberately driven at” and threatened

Avon and Somerset Police said the teenagers were unharmed but left shaken following the incident

Car passenger hits cyclist over head with baseball bat

Essex Police investigate unprovoked assault in Basildon that left cyclist needing stitches

Police issue warning after cyclist finds wire tied across forest trail

Officers have warned cyclists and walkers to be “extra vigilant” after the wire was found in the popular Cannock Chase forest in Staffordshire

Near Miss of the Day 849: Warning letter for taxi driver who close passed oncoming cyclist while overtaking queue of traffic in wrong lane

Derbyshire Constabulary told the cyclist that prosecuting the driver would not be “proportional”

Cyclist seriously injured by hit-and-run driver in “senseless act of violence”

The motorist, driving a car with cloned number plates, abandoned the vehicle following the collision, described by police as attempted murder

Cyclists in Cyprus call for repeal of compulsory helmet law

Police insist that legislation that came into force on Wednesday is aimed at protecting people on bikes

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Elderly pedestrian dies five days after collision involving cyclist

89-year-old man passed away in Edinburgh Royal Infirmary five days after crash in Linlithgow

Murder suspect in deaths of father and son killed while cycling released on bail

Investigation continues into fatal hit-and-run crash in Barnsley last month

Near Miss of the Day 848: An overtake worthy of the ‘must get in front’ title

An example for the MGIF textbook...

Speeding BMW driver who killed two young boys jailed for nine years

Jack Hart removed his dashcam after hitting 10-year-old Steven Duffield and Mason Deakin, 11, as they travelled by bike in a Hull bus lane

Shared-use path cyclist injured by hit-and-run driver who smashed into bus stop

Staffordshire Police confirmed the cyclist was "riding in the cycle lane when a car [driver] drove into the bus stop and collided with a large metal frame"

Near Miss of the Day 847: Careless caravan close call causes cyclists concern

"Needless to say, we turned back to the New Forest gravel paths as quickly as possible"

“It was really quite daunting”: Christina Mackenzie back on her bike after “horrific” hit-and-run recovery

Despite a police appeal the driver who broke the women's Land's End to John O'Groats record holder's pelvis in four places has never been caught

Judge tells man who “played the system” after dangerous driving killed two young boys to expect “very significant sentence”

Judge John Thackray said Jack Hart's guilty plea for the dangerous driving which killed Steven Duffield, 10, and Mason Deakin, 11, as they travelled by bike in Hull in 2020 had "come over two years later than it should have done"

“People need to see justice being done”: CyclingMikey says camera cyclists suffer online abuse because some motorists “feel they have the right to drive how they want”

The activist admits that online harassment previously put “a lot of strain” on him, as a fellow camera cyclist deleted his social media accounts following a targeted campaign last week

Victory claimed for harassment campaign by “mob of decent people” as helmet cam cyclist deletes Youtube and Twitter accounts

Deacon Thurston caught 12 drivers illegally using handheld mobiles in one day – and became the target of abusive and threatening tweets in apparently co-ordinated attack

Hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist and hit another minutes later convicted of causing death by dangerous driving

Nathan Schultz will be sentenced on 3 March for killing Agniszka Pocztowska, while his car passenger Kasey Wrench has already been handed a suspended prison sentence