Cyclist’s bike ‘snapped in half’ in fatal collision, inquest hears
A cyclist’s bike was snapped in half during a fatal collision with a motorist earlier this month, an inquest has been told.Lucy John, a member of Pen-y-Bont Triathlon Club and Tondu Wheelers Cycling...
View Article“Speeding should be every bit as unacceptable as drink driving,” argues...
Speeding should be treated by motorists as every bit as socially unacceptable as drink driving, cocaine use or committing grievous bodily harm, says the police and crime commissioner for Devon,...
View ArticleBike lane where two cyclists have been killed in recent months does not...
The removal of cycle lane wands on the Chorley New Road near Bolton, the scene of two fatal hit-and-run collisions in the past six months, meant that the scheme would fall short of national safety...
View ArticleSouth London cyclist chases after muggers and gets his bike back
A cyclist in South London who was mugged by three masked men on bikes chased after them and managed to retrieve his bicycle, which they had stolen.The Metropolitan Police say that they were called to...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 830: MGIF driver does close pass on three cyclists ......
One of those ones in our Near Miss of the Day series today ... a driver who simply had to make a close pass on three cyclists to get ahead of them, before then turning right a hundred metres or so down...
View Article"I could have been killed": Cyclist with cancer beaten by driver in shocking...
A driver who blared his BMW's horn and shouted abuse at a cyclist with cancer before launching a shocking unprovoked attack has been told he will be going to jail.The News reports 63-year-old cyclist...
View ArticleFuel tanker driver receives six-month suspended sentence for causing death of...
A fuel tanker driver who fatally struck a cyclist while turning left at a roundabout has received a six-month suspended prison sentence.Richard Hardcastle admitted causing the death of Anna...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 831: MGIF driver reverses over white lines into traffic...
Today’s Near Miss of the Day features the kind of standard, run-of-the-mill ‘Must Get In Front’ overtake– where an impatient driver just has to pass the person on the bike, despite being mere yards...
View ArticleCalls to ban lorries from Wiltshire village where seven-year-old was killed...
Residents of a village in Wiltshire are calling for articulated lorries to be banned from travelling through it following the death of a seven-year-old girl who was killed when riding her bike last...
View ArticleBurglar behind £30,000 raid on bike shop caught after 115mph chase
A burglar involved in a raid on a bike shop in Cumbria in which stole bikes worth a total of £30,000 was caught by police after a 115mph chase.Harry Curran, aged 34 and from Tower Hamlets in London,...
View ArticlePolice search for Hampshire driver who broke cyclist’s wrist when he rammed...
Police in Portsmouth are searching for a driver who rammed a cyclist, resulting in the victim sustaining a broken wrist. In a separate incident, Dorset Police have appealed for information after a...
View ArticleDriver jailed for two-and-a-half years for killing one cyclist and seriously...
A pensioner who blamed two cyclists for “not riding in single file” after driving into them, killing one and seriously injuring another, has been sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison.74-year-old...
View ArticleDrink driver who left two cyclists with life-changing injuries wins unfair...
An electrician who was sacked by Irish Rail while serving a prison sentence for crashing into a group of cyclists while drunk and uninsured, leaving two of them with life-changing injuries, has been...
View ArticleMan took own life after sustaining head injury in cycling crash, inquest hears
A coroner’s inquest has heard that the family of a man found dead in the New Forest believe he took his own life due to the effects of a cycling crash, saying that his personality changed after he...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 832: Undertaking driver almost takes out cyclist's front...
The cyclist involved in today's video in our Near Miss of the Day Series was initially concerned about the bus driver moving across her path on a gyratory in Chichester, West Sussex – only to then have...
View ArticleAmazon slammed for selling products that ‘chip’ or ‘tune’ e-bike motors to...
Carousel short title: Amazon slammed for selling products that ‘chip’ e-bikesHome Page Teaser: Police warn that tampering with an e-bike opens riders up to prosecution for a number of driving offences...
View ArticleBus company investigates employee filmed driving on cycle lane and pavement
A bus company in Dublin has confirmed that a “full investigation” is being carried out after one of its employees was filmed driving a double-decker bus on both the cycle lane and footpath in order to...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 833: Oncoming driver forces cyclist to swerve
One of the big talking points on social media when it comes to cycling this week has been the video of a five-year-old cyclist, riding ahead of his father, nearly being hit by an oncoming motorist who...
View ArticleHit-and-run driver who deliberately reversed at cyclist and injured him...
A driver who deliberately reversed at a cyclist, knocking him off his bike and injuring him, has escaped jail, instead being handed a community order.Chroniclelive.co.uk reports that Rhys Bell, aged...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 834: Punishment pass on cyclist lands driver in court
Today's Near Miss of the Day submission comes from across the Irish Sea and landed the motorist a €300 fine and a day in court for careless driving.Righttobikeit recalls the van driver had been using...
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