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Operation Snap

Police receive record number of camera submissions in 2025… most of them from cyclists (again)

11,282 journey cam reports of road safety incidents were submitted to Avon and Somerset Police in 2025, with 7,674 coming from cyclists

Fri, Feb 20, 2026 19:21

NMotD Moorhead Lane, Shipley, West Yorkshire

Police force insists cyclists’ camera footage is taken seriously, after backlash to “no crime had been committed” response to near collision

West Yorkshire Police chose not to take action against taxi driver who cyclist alleged was "too busy checking their phone" when they turned into the rider's path

Mon, Jan 19, 2026 12:56

Near Miss of the Day 944: “A cut-and-dried example of careless driving”

Despite a driver being "too busy checking their phone", West Yorkshire Police declined to take action

Sat, Jan 17, 2026 15:17

Near miss 941 near Winchester, NCN Route 23

Near Miss of the Day 941: “The overtake was careless driving and could easily have resulted in a head-on collision”

Hampshire Police said no action would be taken due to a slim chance of upholding a conviction in court

Wed, Dec 17, 2025 17:12

Under-fire police force missed 14-day window to take action in two-thirds of reports by cyclists, data reveals

Concerning West Midlands Police data suggests hundreds of reports are being missed each month, but force insists it is "working hard to reduce backlog" and is "prioritising more serious offences"

Wed, Sep 10, 2025 11:21

“We are fair game for crazy drivers”: Cyclist says “I need to cycle with a police officer from now on” after bike camera footage of close passes rejected as “insufficient evidence” due to lack of witness

“I think this makes Operation Snap virtually pointless and leaves me very vulnerable to dangerous drivers,” the cyclist, who submitted the close pass footage to Cheshire Police, said

Mon, Aug 18, 2025 15:59

“I have a problem with that”: Retiring pro cyclist calls out riders who “don’t care” if they crash and make races “so dangerous” by braking late and “cutting everyone off” + more on the live blog

Welcome back to our live blog as the Vuelta countdown continues... unfortunately you'll have to wait until the weekend for that to get underway but Dan Alexander will be keeping you up to date with all the other goings on in the cycling world today

Mon, Aug 18, 2025 08:14

Judge rules bike camera footage is legal, as phone-driving solicitor’s attempt to sue camera cyclist for breaching data protection laws and enforcing “police-controlled state” fails

The motorist accused “disturbing, caped crusader” cyclists of seeking out law-breaking drivers and filming them without consent, but the judge ruled that submitting video evidence of road crime is both legal and valuable to police

Thu, Aug 14, 2025 11:47

Near Miss of the Day 934: Cyclist told video reporting portal now “so successful” team can no longer keep up with bad driving

Cyclist says they were told driver would previously have received a warning letter but "the team is no longer able to manage the demand submitted by the public"

Tue, Jul 29, 2025 16:21

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