Crime & Legal

Five-year sentence for van driver who killed cyclist while distracted by Facebook and Instagram

Simon Draper claimed his 13-month-old son was using the phone, a defence rejected by jurors at Swansea Crown Court

French police investigate murder of cyclist – but have not found body yet

Driver allegedly told former partner he had hit cyclist while drunk – then killed her with blows of a shovel and buried her in woodland

London cyclist rammed by 4×4 driver explains what led up to his bike being crushed

Videos of Kilburn incident went viral on social media this week – victim also tells us why he accepted community resolution

Community sentence for van driver convicted of killing cyclist

David McGregor was convicted of causing the death of cyclist William Crawford in 2019

Police appeal after cyclist’s leg broken in assault by pedestrian

Incident happened in Leicester city centre last week

Women’s World Tour squad SD Worx issues appeal after “brutal burglary”

The Dutch team’s range of Specialized bikes have been stolen

Police investigate report cyclist threatened and pushed mobility scooter rider

Hampshire Police says the cyclist allegedly threatened to knock the man off his scooter

Driver rams cyclist and crushes bike during dispute

Update: The driver was issued with a community resolution order by the Met, and has agreed to pay compensation to the cyclist

Near Miss of the Day 835: Company promises to “reinforce” safety message with 600 drivers after cyclist close pass

"We are taking this situation very seriously"

Round-the-world cyclist has bike stolen in Cambridge

Oren Lotan from Israel is far from the first globetrotting rider to have his bicycle stolen in the UK ...

London Conservative group accused of scaremongering over anti-LTN video

Tottenham Conservatives claim LTNs create Dead Zones where crime is rife, but research suggests otherwise

Cyclists ‘ticket’ police after officer doors bike rider (+ video)

Police in Victoria, British Columbia are investigating incident that saw rider taken to hospital

Near Miss of the Day 834: Punishment pass on cyclist lands driver in court

The defence solicitor unsuccessfully argued, as an experienced rider, the cyclist shouldn't have been on the road during rush hour

Hit-and-run driver who deliberately reversed at cyclist and injured him avoids jail

Rhys Bell handed 12-month community order after being found guilty of careless driving – but jury acquitted him of dangerous driving

Near Miss of the Day 833: Oncoming driver forces cyclist to swerve

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Gloucestershire

Bus company investigates employee filmed driving on cycle lane and pavement

Local councillors – discussing a campaign that encourages cyclists and pedestrians to ‘be safe, be seen’ – described the incident as “shocking” and “scary”

Amazon slammed for selling products that ‘chip’ or ‘tune’ e-bike motors to allow higher speeds

Police warn that tampering with an e-bike opens riders up to prosecution for a number of driving offences

Near Miss of the Day 832: Undertaking driver almost takes out cyclist’s front wheel

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's West Sussex

Man took own life after sustaining head injury in cycling crash, inquest hears

Jason Thomas’s family said his personality changed after he received blow to head

Drink driver who left two cyclists with life-changing injuries wins unfair dismissal case

The electrician was sacked by Irish Rail after he was jailed for crashing into a group of cyclists while uninsured and four times over the legal alcohol limit

Driver jailed for two-and-a-half years for killing one cyclist and seriously injuring another blamed victims for “not riding in single file”

Arthur Robert McGrillen also failed to declare that he had suffered a stroke when renewing his driving licence a year before the fatal collision

Police search for Hampshire driver who broke cyclist’s wrist when he rammed him with his car

In separate incident, a cyclist in Bournemouth suffered broken jaw when he was pushed off bike

Burglar behind £30,000 raid on bike shop caught after 115mph chase

Harry Curran was caught on A6 in Lancashire after speeding down the M6 following break-in in Cumbria

Calls to ban lorries from Wiltshire village where seven-year-old was killed while riding her bike

Roads around Collingbourne Ducis described as being like the “wild west” due to volume of HGV traffic

Near Miss of the Day 831: MGIF driver reverses over white lines into traffic to confront cyclist

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country – today it’s Birmingham

Fuel tanker driver receives six-month suspended sentence for causing death of cyclist by careless driving

Richard Hardcastle admitted killing 22-year-old physiotherapist Anna Garratt-Quinton as he attempted a left turn at a roundabout in Cambridge

“I could have been killed”: Cyclist with cancer beaten by driver in shocking unprovoked attack

A judge at Portsmouth Crown Court told Joshua Mills he will go to jail for the assault

Near Miss of the Day 830 revisited: Police apologise for not requesting clearer footage sooner, meaning it was too late to prosecute close pass driver

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Thames Valley

South London cyclist chases after muggers and gets his bike back

Police say victim sustained head and facial injuries during attack in Southwark Park

Bike lane where two cyclists have been killed in recent months does not comply with minimum safety standards, council warned last year

Councillor Andy Morgan, who supported the removal of cycle lane wands on the Chorley New Road, says “the majority of people wanted them removed”