Crime & Legal

“Incomplete” e-bike conversion kits mean people are fitting incompatible batteries and chargers

Correctly designed and fitted conversion kits from reputable manufacturers and retailers “not inherently dangerous” says ESF

Police force slammed for “stoking culture war” with “Operation LYCRA” targeting cyclists

Seven cyclists received a fixed penalty notice for "contravening traffic signs on the one-way system" during curiously named operation that appeared to mainly target users of illegal e-bikes and e-scooters

“Road safety is everyone’s business”: 90% increase in video footage of dangerous driving reported to police with almost 20,000 reports from Avon & Somerset over 3 years

More than 200,000 incidents were reported to police since 2021, with Avon and Somerset road users the most prolific, followed by West Yorkshire; though some forces are still reluctant to deal with all reports from cyclists or drivers

Charity that runs London parks wants new laws to prosecute cyclists for breaking 20mph speed limit in Regent’s Park and Richmond Park

The Royal Parks oversees popular training and riding routes for London cyclists, the body's chairman asking government to "set speed limits for cyclists" in its parks and for riders above 20mph limit to be prosecuted

“We have reached the bottom”: SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist’s road rage death leaves French cycling community “deeply shaken”

The cyclist was allegedly crushed following a roadside row when the motorist cut across an unprotected cycle lane, as mayor says “it is unacceptable to die in Paris while riding a bike” and activists call for “end to road violence”

Drug driver who smashed into cyclist on pavement while twice the legal limit for cannabis, flinging rider through the air and leaving him with life-changing injuries, handed six-month suspended sentence after motorist claimed he “faced impossible choice”

Clive Williams was also banned from driving for two years, but was not charged with any drugs offence, despite doctors telling the cyclist he was “lucky the impact had not killed me”

Police & Crime Commissioner defends under-fire force accused of “astonishing victim blaming” by cycling campaign group, after officers raised concerns that installing more bike parking is “not ideal” and could cause “bigger increase in crime”

Thames Valley Police and Crime Commissioner Matthew Barber insisted the stance "isn't victim blaming" and argued the concern was simply stating that "if the plans go ahead they should be designed with crime prevention in mind"

Lorry driver who killed Davide Rebellin jailed for four years

Sentence one year short of the five-year term prosecutors in Italy had sought for the German lorry driver

Cyclist suffers broken arm after car passenger shoved him off bike in latest shocking unprovoked attack from moving vehicle

The assault in North Yorkshire is the latest in an increasingly long list of attacks on cyclists by car passengers in the UK this year

“If he’d stayed in his lane, I would have seen him”: Pavement parking taxi driver banned for injuring cyclist after pulling out without indicating – but barrister blames cyclist’s poor “lane discipline” for crash

Stephen Bennett was disqualified from driving for 12 months and fined £790, but insisted the collision “wouldn’t have happened if the cyclist had come round the roundabout the proper way”

Near Miss of the Day 918: No further action taken for “pretty scary” close pass on cyclist

Police force suggests cyclist could have moved into his left, despite seemingly conflicting advice in Highway Code

Driver drinking vodka from 7Up bottle in car crashes into cyclist on bike lane while six times over drink drive limit – and offers victim €2,500 as “token of remorse”

The motorist, whose drink drive reading was “extraordinarily high” according to her defence barrister, has pleaded guilty to drunk driving and careless driving after leaving the cyclist with ongoing pain and discomfort

Drug driver who caused horrific crash which seriously injured cyclist avoids jail, given 10-month suspended sentence

The "impatient" driver was overtaking a stalled vehicle at traffic lights in Blackburn, pulling into the opposite lane and hitting a cyclist described as "very fortunate not to have died"

Cyclist “dismayed” by police “not interested in taking action against drivers”, as force admits “shortage in staff” and “very valid concerns”

"Unless there is real change in the culture of Thames Valley Police for cycling safety we will keep being hit, injured and assaulted for riding a bike"

“No war between cyclists and drivers”, say road safety campaigners, as apologetic BBC backtracks after “inappropriately” describing camera cyclist as “vigilante”

“I’m not a fan of this war between cyclists and motorists. There should be no such thing. We’re all the same human beings”

Near Miss of the Day 917: “Don’t get angry because a cyclist is faster than you” – Bin lorry driver “using vehicle as a weapon” misses filtering cyclist by “six inches max”

“Too often, a driver risks my life and others due to impatience. And occasionally somebody believes I have done something wrong and tries to punish me”

Near Miss of the Day 916: Cyclist detached from group during club ride gets close passed by motorist… who’s let off with a warning letter from police

“It’s frustrating given the number of KSI’s on our roads that Essex Police don’t deem driving like this to warrant further action”

Police release “absolutely sickening” footage of cyclist deliberately rammed off bike, as men behind separate incident on pedestrian jailed

While investigating an attack that saw an NHS worker rammed and seriously injured as he walked home, Avon & Somerset Police discovered footage on one suspect's phone of a cyclist being deliberately run over in a second incident days earlier

“The truck driver actually tried to kill me”: Lachlan Morton forced to “bail off the side of the road” as lorry driver “kept going directly at me” and “didn’t move his truck one inch” during monster ‘Lap of Australia’ effort

The Australian EF Education-EasyPost rider said that he just gets off the road when the “big bad trucks” come, adding that “there’s no shoulder and it’s just not worth taking the risk”

“This gives errant drivers carte blanche to do what they like”: Police tell camera cyclists they are “unable to deal” with motorists driving in bike lanes or the wrong way down one-way streets, while warning cyclists to “not confront” dangerous drivers

The new advice, issued to road users who have recently submitted footage of alleged driving offences to the Met, also warns cyclists to avoid posting clips on social media

Cyclist who punched and killed pensioner during pavement cycling row, before “cowardly” trying to flee scene, jailed for five years

Cyclist Nathan Piling angrily confronted Michael Dawson after the 78-year-old spoke to him about riding his bike on the footpath

Dutch seize huge shipment of illegal ‘fatbikes’ that qualify as mopeds

“You can’t expect young people and their parents to see the difference between a regular e-bike and an illegal one,” says Dutch inspectorate

Fears cyclists could be “gravely injured” by “speeding” e-scooter gang intimidating users on popular Bristol & Bath Railway Path

Avon and Somerset Police said plans to install CCTV on sections of the route are "being progressed", as path users have reported "people have seen them travelling as fast as 50 miles per hour"

Six years in jail for speeding hit-and-run driver who threw cyclist 100ft through the air during horrific fatal crash before fleeing the country

Kashif Khan was driving at around twice the speed limit when he killed Andell Goulbourne in 2020, the "callous" driver finally being arrested on return to the UK this summer

Police make arrest after sickening footage of cyclist slammed to ground by driver goes viral

Police Scotland confirmed the cyclist was "taken to hospital to be checked over" having been seen lying motionless following the incident

Cyclists in Scotland finally set to be able to submit dangerous driving footage to online police portal… by autumn 2025 – two years after road safety tool scrapped amid claims police inaction was making Scotland’s roads “less safe”

The Scottish government has confirmed its Digital Evidence Sharing Capability tool will be rolled out following a successful trial in Dundee, but campaigners have warned it will be less functional than the cancelled National Dashcam Safety Portal

Teenage driver who swerved into opposite lane to “scare” cyclists, hitting and killing one, cleared of murder – but sentenced to over a decade in young offenders’ institution and banned from driving for 12 years

The uninsured motorist was found guilty of manslaughter after striking the 19-year-old e-bike rider head-on and throwing him 30 metres down the road, before fleeing to Wales

“A close pass isn’t an offence and a lot of cyclists don’t realise that”: Police chief’s “odd” claim that cyclists need education on driving offences highlighted as evidence of UK’s current road safety “mess”

Announcing Gloucestershire Police’s participation in Operation Snap, the force’s non-crime unit head said cyclists “get quite frustrated with us” for failing to prosecute close passing motorists

Solicitor says wearing Lycra or cycling while overweight should be criminal offence, as drunk cyclist knocked off bike by police fined £350

The strange in-court joke came as a 24-year-old man was fined for cycling while double the drink drive limit, possessing cocaine, and failing to stop for police

Machete-wielding men on electric motorbikes attack teenage cyclist, chasing him into “busy” Tesco in attempted bikejacking

The 16-year-old cyclist suffered cuts to his arm and was chased into the store which had several customers in it, with the police issuing an appeal for witnesses