Transport

High vis clothing doesn’t make cars pass you more safely, says new study

Small but potentially lethal number of drivers will pass too close whatever you wear

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Godfrey Bloom says speeding “has nothing to do with accidents”, considers standing for Westminster

DfT figures beg to differ

Police fine 150 in London safety crackdown as MP calls for national dangerous junction audit

Met advises cyclists to stay out of blind spots, wear helmets and high-vis

Almost 9 in 10 people back headphones ban and compulsory helmets for cyclists say survey

Support for both measures from majority of cyclists too in new YouGov poll

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Scotland to get its first cycle counters at nine locations

Sustrans teams up with Danish specialists Falco to provide counters - government hopes they will show cycling is on the rise

Police aim to educate drivers & cyclists in safety initiatives in Bristol & Edinburgh

Advanced Stop Lines part of focus as officers in both cities highlight motorists' confusion over them

Lorry driver not guilty of killing cyclist as jury at retrial fails to reach verdict

Second jury fails to reach verdict in case of rider killed on A19

Greater Anglia wins at 2013 Cycle-Rail Awards despite planning bike ban extension

More Britons combining cycle and rail journeys than ever before

TfL said to have approached researchers over headphones and cyclist safety

Dutch study has found that listening to music "reduced visual and auditory perception"

Video: London Assembly members criticise Boris Johnson on bike safety

"Cycling is not getting safer," says Baroness Jones

Commons committee to consider cycling safety next month

Views invited via Twitter and online ahead of oral evidence session next month

Labour to prioritise safe cycling infrastructure in 2015 manifesto

Amid calls for safer roads, Labour have reiterated their desire to prioritise cycling while criticising the coalition government’s priorities

Massive London police traffic enforcement operation next week

News of operation comes as names released of two recent fatalities

Boris Johnson says he’d back ban on cyclists wearing earphones

Mayor of London also suggests HGV rush hour ban urged by Chris Boardman wouldn't work

Police operation to educate and advise cyclists and drivers raises questions about police education and advice

Officer tells one cyclist: Wear hi-vis in case driver forgets glasses

Sustrans calls for action after 11 cyclist deaths in UK this month

Segregated lanes and quietways part of the solution, says charity

Police warn of Southampton bike theft spree

People living in Shirley area of city warned to lock up their bikes

Die-in planned at Transport for London headquarters as ‘save our cyclists’ petition hits over 18,000 names

Anger grows over deaths of five London cyclists this month

Scottish cycling provision “decades behind” despite handful of good local authorities

Study commends five outstanding authorities but transport minister says focus should be on commuters

Boris Johnson accused of victim-blaming over London cyclist deaths

Round-up of reaction to news of fifth cyclist fatality in London this month

“People keep dying and I don’t want to die” – we speak to cyclists at last night’s Bow flashride

Hundreds turn out to call for safer roads in London as November death toll rises

London’s killer roundabout claims another cyclist as woman dies at Bow

Woman hit by truck in fifth Cycle Superhighway 2 fatality

Two cyclists dead and two seriously injured on a grim day on Britain’s roads

Croydon bus collision results in third London cycling fatality in a week; Cheshire cylist killed in lorry hit and run

Edinburgh cyclist injured by clothes line strung across cycle path

Police investigating; second cyclist narrowly avoided another trap nearby

Kate Hoey calls for bikes to be registered and cyclists to pay “road tax”

Labour politician says she'd like to see more people cycling... but she has a funny way of encouraging them

Edinburgh police launch equal-opportunity roads crackdown

Drivers and cyclists targeted in two-stage winter blitz

Cambridge pensioner guilty of assault after tipping dog excrement over cyclist

Court hears that former civil servant harboured grudge against bike riders

Architect Francis Golding, injured at Holborn last week, dies of injuries

Tenth cyclist to die in London this year

Andrew Gilligan says cyclists may be safer without safety gear

London Cycling Commissioner addresses Cycling Scotland conference in Glasgow

1 in 10 cyclists jump red lights, says Sunday Times

Highest levels found at Manchester junction identified as city's most dangerous for riders