Near Miss of the Day 823: The shocking moment a driver nearly crushes a child...
Of the more than 800 videos we have featured in our Near Miss of the Day series to date, and thousands more that have been submitted, but not published, it is very difficult to think of a more shocking...
View ArticleCyclist who assaulted disabled driver jailed for 16 months
A cyclist who assaulted a disabled driver during a road rage incident in Scotland has been jailed for 16 months.Ian MacMillan, aged 29, attacked 59-year-old Thomas Johnstone after the driver beeped his...
View ArticleItaly’s Antimafia commission says Camorra may have been involved in Marco...
An Italian parliamentary commission has said that there may be substance behind long-standing rumours that Marco Pantani’s disqualification from the 1999 Giro d’Italia and his death five years later in...
View ArticleCyclingMikey takes down fleeing suspect with bike (includes video)
Bike-riding activist Mike van Erp, better known by his online alias CyclingMikey, has earned a reputation for catching law-breaking motorists in the act. But last month the camera cyclist played a key...
View ArticleCyclist who suffered brain injury after being struck by driver awarded £800,000
A cyclist who suffered a serious brain injury after being struck by a motorist has been awarded almost £800,000 in compensation – five years after the “life-changing” incident.In 2017, the cyclist,...
View ArticleRoad rage driver assaults teenage cyclist after clipping him with wing mirror
Police are appealing for witnesses after a teenage cyclist was allegedly assaulted and left bruised by an enraged driver who confronted the boy after clipping him with his wing mirror on a narrow...
View ArticleMake eye tests compulsory for older drivers, urges daughter of cyclist killed...
The daughter of a Hampshire cyclist killed by a motorist whom it was revealed could only see three metres in front of himself has called for the law to be changed to make if compulsory for motorists...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 824: Driver exiting golf club cuts up cyclist
The cliché ‘cycling is the new golf’ has been around for more than a decade now – but clearly the driver of this car in Altrincham, Greater Manchester didn’t get the memo as he exited a golf club...
View ArticleMiddlesbrough man jailed after robbing bike from teenager
A Middlesbrough man has been sent back to jail after he assaulted a teenager and robbed him of his bike, just three weeks after being released from prison for a previous violent offence.The Northern...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 825: Police refuse to prosecute because cyclist swore...
*Warning: clip contains very strong language*In today's Near Miss of the Day, a cyclist who reacted angrily when he was almost hit by a driver pulling out from a side road was told police would not be...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 826: Police force lottery continues as no further action...
It's a long-standing fact of life as a cyclist reporting video footage of close passes and other dangerous driving that the luck of the draw — which police force's jurisdiction an offence happens under...
View ArticleMathieu van der Poel charged with assault after incident at hotel hours...
Mathieu van der Poel, who was among the favourites to win today’s Elite Men Road Race at the UCI Road World Championships in Wollongong, has been charged with assault following an incident overnight at...
View ArticleJury clears ‘hungover’ Porsche driver of killing cyclist by dangerous driving
A Porsche driver who sent a text to a friend to say he was ‘hungover’ from a party the evening before shortly before hitting and killing a cyclist has been found not guilty by a jury of causing death...
View ArticleCoroner orders council to mend road defects after cyclist’s death
A coroner has ordered a council has been ordered to review its procedures for mending road defects after a cyclist was killed when she crashed after hitting a pothole.Jennifer Dyer, aged 36, was killed...
View ArticleMathieu van der Poel fined A$1,500 after pleading guilty to assault after...
Mathieu van der Poel has been fined a total of A$1,500 (£909) after admitting two counts of common assault in connection with an incident in his hotel in Sydney on the eve of yesterday’s UCI Road...
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London borough Conservative group posts images to social media likening...
A Conservative group in the London Borough of Haringey has posted images to social media likening low-traffic neighbourhoods (LTNs) currently being rolled out in the borough to the apartheid regime...
View ArticlePopular club cyclist hit and killed during time trial, van driver arrested
Tributes have poured in for a popular club rider who was hit and killed while riding a 25-mile time trial in Hampshire on Sunday morning.John Froud was competing in an Epsom Cycling Club time trial on...
View ArticleAggressive close pass driver says he killed cyclist before and "got away with...
This is the story of a road.cc reader who suffered a shocking road rage incident which left him fearing for his life after a close pass driver threatened he had killed and seriously injured cyclists in...
View Article“If I assaulted children, I’d be locked up”: Father of teenage girls involved...
The father of the teenage girls involved in the incident which led to Mathieu van der Poel being charged with assault the night before the world road race championships in Wollongong has criticised the...
View ArticleTwin brothers accused of murdering charity cyclist after hitting him with car...
Two brothers are due to stand trial next year accused of striking cyclist Tony Parsons with their car while under the influence of alcohol before murdering the 63-year-old and burying his...
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