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Crime & legal

Dublin food delivery cyclist settles for €60,000 over dooring by driver parked in cycle lane

Uber delivery cyclist needed surgery on fractured finger and alleged the driver refused to exchange details having blamed dooring on his child

Mon, Jul 14, 2025 14:51

Operation Gears illegal e-bike crackdown footage, Merseyside Police

“Pedestrians could be killed”: 62mph illegal e-bike seized as police say crackdown targeting “reckless” criminals, not “law-abiding” cyclists

“These vehicles are not just a nuisance – they’re being used to commit serious crime and put our communities at risk,” Merseyside Police said, after seizing over 500 illegally modified electric bikes and scooters in 2025

Thu, Jul 10, 2025 17:18

Hit-and-run driver jailed for 13 years for killing cyclist before torching car in attempt to destroy evidence

Keiran Hunt sentenced after pleading guilty to causing death by dangerous driving and perverting the course of justice

Tue, Jul 08, 2025 15:54

Merseyside Police appeal over cyclist injuries

Cyclist suffers “significant and life-changing injuries” after rope tied across park path

Police release CCTV of two males who officers believe may be able to assist with investigation

Tue, Jul 08, 2025 13:53

“We narrowly avoided disaster”: Police recover remaining bikes stolen from Cofidis at Tour de France, after team staff found five “dumped in woodland”

French team thanks Tour organisation and police "who did everything possible to find them", after £125,000 worth of Look bikes were stolen from a mechanics' truck during an overnight break in

Tue, Jul 08, 2025 09:08

Close pass on cyclists during training ride, County Down

National Police Chiefs’ Council insists there’s no reason for police in Wales to stop taking action on cyclists’ close pass videos

Clarification comes after GoSafe Wales temporarily suspended taking action on evidence submitted to Operation SNAP showing a driver passing a cyclist "too closely", claiming National Police Chiefs' Council guidance was to blame

Mon, Jul 07, 2025 16:43

Thieves steal 11 Cofidis bikes worth £125,000 at the Tour de France

Value of stolen bikes estimated at around £125,000 as Look reveals King of the Mountains leader Benjamin Thomas was unable to ride a polka dot-decorated 795 Blade RS due to the theft

Mon, Jul 07, 2025 07:46

Cyclist suffers life-changing injuries in collision

“People need to see the human cost of collisions”: Cyclist who suffered life-changing injuries shares camera footage of horrific high-speed crash caused by van driver

Motorist involved avoided jail and was banned from driving for a year, having claimed they didn't see David Walters, that despite the cyclist wearing hi-vis clothing and using lights when the van driver smashed into him from behind on a B-road in Wales

Fri, Jul 04, 2025 15:05

Near Miss of the Day 931: Cyclist “perplexed” as two almost identical close passes treated very differently by police force

Two near-identical close passes but one driver fined and received points on their licence, while the other only got an advisory letter

Tue, Jul 01, 2025 16:11

Dangerous driver avoids jail despite deliberately knocking cyclist off bike after rider tapped on window to confront motorist for pulling out in front of him

"Reckless" motorist, who was driving without a full licence and insurance, claimed he drove into the cyclist as a "knee jerk reaction" because his pregnant partner was in the car

Tue, Jul 01, 2025 14:21