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Near Miss of the Day 846

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
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Abdirahman Ibrahim jailed for life

Road rage driver jailed for life after killing e-bike rider “to teach him a lesson for doing wheelies”

Abdirahman Ibrahim, in a Seat Leon car, twice hit Liam Jones - who was riding a bike described as an 'off-road electric bike' or 'e-motorbike' in other publications - ramming him into a concrete bollard before fleeing the scene

Mon, May 12, 2025 16:06
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CyclingMikey stops driver on wrong side of the road (YouTube)

“No war between cyclists and drivers”, say road safety campaigners, as apologetic BBC backtracks after “inappropriately” describing camera cyclist as “vigilante”

“I’m not a fan of this war between cyclists and motorists. There should be no such thing. We’re all the same human beings”

Fri, Oct 04, 2024 15:39
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Kashif Khan sentenced to six years in prison

Six years in jail for speeding hit-and-run driver who threw cyclist 100ft through the air during horrific fatal crash before fleeing the country

Kashif Khan was driving at around twice the speed limit when he killed Andell Goulbourne in 2020, the "callous" driver finally being arrested on return to the UK this summer

Mon, Sep 23, 2024 14:10
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Live blog poll result 9/6/20

Cyclist fights off gang who threatened him with hammer during attempted bikejacking

Four arrested over attack, the 59-year-old cyclist ambushed on his way home from work but able to scare masked gang off with a can of red spray paint

Thu, Aug 15, 2024 14:45
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Chester Road A452, Walsall

Teenage motorist who hit and killed cyclist two months after passing test banned from driving for a year, ordered to complete 180 hours unpaid work, and fined £240

“This was not an unsafe manoeuvre in and of itself – it became unsafe when you failed to see a cyclist when you should have”

Wed, Jun 26, 2024 18:13
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Close pass operation

Police force that prosecuted one driver from 286 close pass reports now taking action in 97% of cyclist submissions

Six months on from admitting the need to review how reports are managed, the latest West Midlands Police figures show the force did not take further action of some form in just three of 356 reports made by cyclists during January

Tue, Feb 27, 2024 13:07
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Big Ben © Simon MacMichael

Family of pensioner killed in pavement collision with cyclist on “electric bicycle” call for tougher laws to punish riders who kill or cause serious injuries

The Department for Transport replied saying there are "already strict laws in place for cyclists", as West Midlands Police confirms bike seized and cyclist "assisting with our enquiries"

Mon, Feb 19, 2024 13:07
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Coventry crash May 2023

Shocking footage released by police shows driver crashing into cyclist, catapulting her into the air (+ video)

Thomas Freeman has been jailed for a year after admitting causing serious injury through careless driving

Fri, Dec 29, 2023 10:52
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Worcester and Birmingham Canal (via StreetView)

Police insist regular action taken to tackle violent bike robberies after coming under fire for advising victim to avoid route in future

One cyclist, robbed of his bike by masked thugs who hit him with a hammer, was told by police to avoid the canal path in future

Sat, Dec 16, 2023 10:41
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