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Pavement cycling

Clifford Cage cycling on pavement moments before hitting Jim Blackwood

“No longer can cyclists endanger pedestrians with impunity”: British legal ‘first’ as e-bike rider handed suspended sentence for killing 91-year-old while cycling on pavement due to near misses with drivers

"I hope this case illustrates the need for those cyclists who show scant regard for the rules of the road to think again”

Thu, Mar 12, 2026 16:16
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A4 shared-use crossing

Cyclist’s £100 fine for riding on cycle route cancelled after rider accuses council of “insidious” money-making “trap”

Latest example of private council officers enforcing cycling rules incorrectly, as spokesperson admits fine "issued in error" and investigation underway to check if other cyclists have been wrongly penalised

Mon, Jul 28, 2025 16:13
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Cyclist on Teddington Lock, West London

Police vow to clamp down on “anti-social cycling” after arresting man for riding bike on pavement and failing to stop

Officers also told residents that they are targeting the illegal “misuse” of electric bikes, but admitted this process is “time consuming”

Fri, Feb 28, 2025 14:59
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Nathan Piling (Greater Manchester Police) and The Bank pub, Market Street, Bury

Cyclist who punched and killed pensioner during pavement cycling row, before “cowardly” trying to flee scene, jailed for five years

Cyclist Nathan Piling angrily confronted Michael Dawson after the 78-year-old spoke to him about riding his bike on the footpath

Fri, Sep 27, 2024 15:06
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Lancashire Police and Preston City Council launch campaign urging cyclists to dismount on pavement

Councillor slams cyclists riding “at breakneck speed” on pavement, as police officers increase patrols targeting people on bikes during road closures

According to the council, there have been “many reports of people being injured or near misses” due to cyclists failing to follow diversion signs

Sun, Jul 16, 2023 10:40
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Police fining young mother cycling on pavement for anti-social behaviour

“A young mother cycling on pavement for safety is anti-social behaviour?”: Police slammed for fining woman with child seat to tackle “cycling related anti-social behaviour”

“Maybe your time would be better spent working out why someone with a child seat on the back doesn’t want to ride on the road?”

Sat, Jul 08, 2023 12:53
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2023 Sram Force AXS Ventum front mech

“Ill-informed” Spectator writer under fire for coverage of manslaughter sentencing for pedestrian who caused cyclist’s death

"Reading this article, it's hard to believe someone died," one reply came to Mary Dejevsky's piece about Auriol Grey, the woman found to have caused the death of an elderly cyclist in Cambridgeshire during a pavement cycling dispute

Mon, Mar 06, 2023 17:29
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Celia Ward falls into path of car after being confronted by Auriol Grey (via Cambridgeshire Constabulary and BBC News)

Remove conflict between cyclists and pedestrians, urge campaigners in wake of manslaughter case

Cycling and disability rights groups react to sentencing of Auriol Grey, convicted of causing Celia Ward’s death

Fri, Mar 03, 2023 16:41
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Joan Collins

Joan Collins calls on Sadiq Khan to “do something” about dangerous cyclists before London “is ruined”

The 89-year-old actress claimed she was struck by a “masked cyclist with no lights” on the pavement

Sat, Feb 25, 2023 15:22
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CCTV footage of pedestrian found guilty of killing 77-year-old cyclist in pavement cycling dispute

“Hostile and aggressive” pedestrian found guilty of killing 77-year-old cyclist in pavement cycling dispute

Police could not “categorically state” whether the section of pavement where the tragic incident took place was a shared-use path

Sat, Feb 25, 2023 11:13
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