Crime & Legal

Nine-year-old boy sustains neck injury after cycling into rope stretched across path

Kent Police are treating case as attempted grievous bodily harm

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Cycling UK heads to Court of Appeal over scrapped Shoreham-By-Sea pop-up cycle lane

Charity’s application for judicial review of West Sussex County Council’s decision to remove facility was refused by High Court judge last month

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Near Miss of the Day 601: Tesco delivery driver in close pass – not the first time we’ve seen that

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Avon & Somerset

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Near Miss of the Day 600: Caught on home CCTV edition

Our regular series from around the country hits another unwanted milestone, with near misses captured on CCTV and dashcam for number 600 in our series

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Online troll who abused Labour MP over low traffic neighbourhoods sentenced

Brian Haven claimed he had been wound up by radio talk shows – highlighting that divisive rhetoric can have real-life consequences

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Near Miss of the Day 599: The “I’m a cyclist myself” edition

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

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Transport for London wins appeal over Streetspace active travel programme

Court of Appeal reverses decision from earlier this year that City Hall initiatives to promote cycling and walking were unlawful

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Near Miss of the Day 598: Motorist overtakes on blind bend

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

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Police investigate as London cyclist killed after crashing into car door

Victim, a woman aged 65, died in hospital two days after incident in Haringey in late May

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Near Miss of the Day 597: Driver overtakes cyclist despite oncoming bus … then turns left

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

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Near Miss of the Day 596: Dublin cyclist gets close pass

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country and beyond - today it's Dublin

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Security guard sacked for riding child’s bicycle up and down tram platform

An employment tribunal judge said the man was 'the author of his own misfortune'

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Near Miss of the Day 595: Classic traffic island Must Get In Front driver then left-hooks cyclist

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's Avon & Somerset

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Near Miss of the Day 594: Cyclists ride single file … and still get a close pass from a lorry driver

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

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Drug driver who killed five cyclists jailed for at least 16 years

Jordan Barson crashed into group as they rode south of Las Vegas last December

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Near Miss of the Day 593: The very close to (road.cc’s) home one

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country - today it's just round the corner from our office

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Near Miss of the Day 592: “Hard to tell if it counts as a cut-up, close pass, or a must get in-front”

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

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‘Mr Loophole’ lawyer Nick Freeman wades into e-scooter debate… by launching petition calling for cyclists to be licensed

Government has consistently said that registration of bike riders would be counter-productive and that costs would outweigh benefits

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Cyclist died after falling into storm drain, inquest hears

Coroner calls for safety barrier to be installed at junction near Christchurch

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“Angry and fed up” female cyclist confronts male driver who made sexual remarks at her

Nanw Beard calls on men to challenge such behaviour, saying, “By not speaking out, you’re enabling it”

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Teenage cyclist dies after being knocked down by bus driver

"Our thoughts and prayers are with the family of Jay Gallacher"

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Near Miss of the Day 591: Driver overtakes despite oncoming traffic

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

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Cycling Mikey scores points victory over Chris Eubank after filming boxing champ going through red light

Former world champion joins film director Guy Ritchie on list of law-breaking drivers brought to justice by London helmet-camera user

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Near Miss of the Day 590: Bus driver left-hooks cyclist, forcing him onto pavement

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

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Police hunt driver who accelerated towards cyclist, knocking him from his bike, then fled scene

Rider, who had remonstrated about near miss, was left grazed and bruised after incident in Nottinghamshire last month

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GMB slammed on social media after asking: “Should cyclists be forced to ride single file?”

TV show ‘debate’ sees Matt Barbet’s explanation of why it’s safer to ride two abreast countered with insistence that cyclists should “show respect”

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Near Miss of the Day 588: “You were in my blind spot!”

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

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Hit and run driver who killed cyclist spent a week trying to cover up crash

Victim Scott Walker’s family say they were “let down” by justice system as Ian McFarlane handed community order

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Jail for thief who conned £6,800 e-bike seller into letting him take it for a test ride

Louis Maxwell left van and keys as collateral – but vehicle had been stolen

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Double Near Miss of the Day 587: Two drivers pull out on cyclist – from opposite sides of junction (includes swearing)

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

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