Crime & Legal

Letting electric cars use bus lanes dangerous to cyclists says CTC

National cycling charity responds to government drive to increase uptake of cleaner vehicles

South Dakota bill would make cyclists get off bike to let cars pass

State makes early bid for most ridiculous piece of cycling legislation ... but there is competition

Cyclist who was victim of hit-and-run guilty of assault and criminal damage

Court hears how Richard McDermott smashed 4x4's window with D-lock after incident

Appeal as Essex cyclist pushed from bike by van passenger

Incident tool place in Brentwood last Wednesday

Sydney cyclist photographed riding with child clinging to his neck

Rider also had carrier bag dangling from handelbars

Police mistakenly stop cyclist for flashing rear light

After apprehending the man Kingsbridge Police realise a flashing rear light is legal - by googling it

Cyclist can move out of caravan after £100k payout for motorbike collision

Unable to work or afford a home, cyclist had been in limbo for a year after collision

No charges for lorry driver involved in Bank Junction cyclist death

City of London Police say insufficient evidence to secure conviction

Proposed Missouri law to make cyclists carry 15ft high flag

The law, though unlikely to make the statute books, is the latest in a long line of kooky rules attempted for cyclists

Taxi leader says cycle superhighway is “sucking the lifeblood of London”

London’s black cab drivers launch High Court challenge to east-west cycle superhighway

Plymouth man banned from riding a bike (unless he can prove ownership)

Faces a sentence of five years in jail if he breaches criminal behaviour order

Driver who hit John Radford sentenced to four years and eight months in prison

Radford died of his injuries 16 months after the incident took place

Where are Britain’s railway cycle theft hotspots? We crunch the data

Long-distance commuters from south-east into London are thieves' prime targets

Big drop in number of London pavement cycling fines

Two cyclists a day are issued with fixed penalty notices for the offence

London cabbie accused of ‘using car as weapon’ cleared

Argued he had intended to pull alongside to ‘calm the situation’

Suffolk police dog tracks down stolen £3,000 bike

German Shepherd Layla deserves a few treats for this one

Cyclist-hating delivery driver who knocked woman off bike fined £550

Cleared of dangerous driving following a three-day trial

Cycling with earphones made illegal in California

Earphone ban is among a raft of changes to transportation law, including those aimed at pedicabs and e-bikes

Appeal launched to find one-off bike looted in York floods

Hub geared bike was taken from owner's house on Sunday evening

Van driver ‘deliberately knocked cyclist off bike,’ Old Bailey told

Dennis Baker charged with dangerous driving foillowing incident at Bank Junction last August

London cabbie “was using car as weapon” against cyclist

Incident sparked by driver pulling out into cycle lane

Cambridge cyclist rides into wire stretched across path

Garry Seddon has reported incident on Jublilee cycle path on Saturday to police

Police appeal following New Year cyclist fatality

The cyclist was hit by the driver of a Ford Fiesta on New Year's Eve and died the following day

Cyclist wins £100k payout for collision that left him in wheelchair for four months

Lawyers fought to double the payout from the driver's insurers - and won

Three time bike theft victim went out to steal himself a replacement

Told police bolt cutters were for cutting cheese

Police appeal after cyclist killed in Eastbourne

Fatal crash happened on afternoon of Tuesday 29 December

Comedian Dara Ó Briain gets stolen bike back in eBay sting

Happy new year for stand-up comic and TV presenter

Amsterdam police on bicycle bomb New Year terror alert

Officers in Dutch capital remaining vigiliant over new year period

Drug pedallers – Essex bike cops find cannabis factory

Officers cycling past industrial unit became suspicious due to smell

Thieves steal £20k of bikes from flood-hit Yorkshire shop

Cycle Factory in Todmorden targeted in aftermath of Boxing Day floods