Crime & Legal

Near Miss of the Day 611: A shockingly dangerous overtake by van driver on wrong side of the road as cyclists turn right

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

Police appeal after cyclist had axe thrown at him from van window

Carl Ainsworth plans to approach a nearby garage for CCTV footage of the van to obtain its registration plate

Near Miss of the Day 610: Very close pass in Bristol city centre

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

Near Miss of the Day 609: Driver gives cyclist a soaking (and head-on close pass) … on purpose?

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

Road rage driver who told cyclist he “shouldn’t even be in the road” fined

Sylvanna Hall also smashed Jan Laffan’s phone in incident in Bristol

Near Miss of the Day 608: Overtaking lorry driver forces cyclist and oncoming motorist to swerve

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

Texas cyclist shoots driver who deliberately crashed into his riding partner

Police say he was justified in using firearm because he feared for his life

Near Miss of the Day 607: Driver pulls out on cyclist going downhill

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

HGV driver sentenced after killing cyclist on roundabout

Neil Gass had wrongly assumed e-bike rider Mike Seminara would take same exit as him, with fatal consequences

Driver knocks cyclist off bike on purpose – then claims she used to be police officer

Police responding to incident pinned blame on cyclist – though driving instructor who analysed footage says driver acted intentionally

Near Miss of the Day 606: Driver makes close pass … then stops to check how cyclist is and apologises

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

“I’m ashamed, I regret my stupidity” says spectator who caused Tour de France crash

31-year-old who spent 24 hours in custody after turning herself in yesterday appeared outside court in Brest this afternoon

Near Miss of the Day 605: Building supplies firm to use cyclist’s close pass video to train drivers (includes swearing)

Our regular series featuring close passes from around the country

Near Miss of the Day 604: Driver makes two close passes in succession into oncoming traffic

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

High Court judge rejects challenge to Lambeth’s Low Traffic Neighbourhoods

Council acted in line with regulations and did not discriminate against disabled people who rely on cars for transport

Near Miss of the Day 603: Cyclist squeezed between overtaking driver and parked cars

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

French police launch hunt for fan who caused huge crash at Tour de France

The Gendarmerie du Finistère said the woman, who also faces being sued by the race organisers, had run off before officers were able to talk to her

Passenger filmed climbing out of a moving car and trying to push cyclist

The man who witnessed the incident said he 'couldn't believe what he was seeing'

Family of man killed while riding trike urge elderly motorists to get eye test

Mick Harvey was killed when he was struck from behind by driver aged in her 90s

Drugged driver who killed two cyclists jailed for 11 years

Colin Smith was more than twice the legal limit for cannabis when he crashed into Tony Cope and Clare Killey in Liverpool in February 2019

“Absolutely vile” – Cyclist slams Staffordshire Police after it tells him no prosecution of drivers based on video footage if no injury or damage involved

Cycling UK says if it reflects force-wide policy, “it risks sending a dangerous message”

Near Miss of the Day 602: Two close passes in 30 seconds

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

Fake cop stops cyclist and demands to see his ‘licence’ to ride in bike lane

Bogus officer in Leicester was wearing stab vest and had blue light on top of his car

“We know who you are” – poster addressed to bike thief gets bike returned to owner

Plus, two more heart-warming tales of stolen bikes being reunited with their owners

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

Kent Police are treating case as attempted grievous bodily harm

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

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

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

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

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