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Driver accused of hit-and-run that "could have killed" teen cyclist caught by...

Police in Florida have admitted it was "just a fluke" that they managed to arrest a driver suspected of a hit-and-run which left a 15-year-old cyclist unconscious with facial fractures and other...

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British cyclist to miss Tour of Britain after being hit by driver who tried...

A British professional cyclist set to compete at the Tour of Britain Women which begins this week will not be racing after suffering injuries when she was hit by an impatient driver who tried to...

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Are drones the future of close pass operations? Police in Canada to use...

West Midlands Police and cycle safety advocate PC Mark Hodson may have pioneered police close pass operations in the UK, but across the pond officers in Canada are upping the technological road safety...

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British squad hit by bike theft at Tour of Britain as all 14 bikes stolen...

Just days after Lifeplus Wahoo were rocked by the news that one of their riders was forced to miss this week’s Tour of Britain Women after being hit by an overtaking motorist at “high speed” on a...

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“Read the Highway Code – that is not a safe pass”: Police say post advising...

Thames Valley Police have apologised and issued a reminder to motorists that they should leave cyclists at least 1.5 metres of space while overtaking, after a social media post and image appearing to...

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Sir Bradley Wiggins' medals and trophies set to be seized after being...

Sir Bradley Wiggins could have all his assets, including the numerous trophies and medals he won over the course of 15 years during his stunning professional cycling career, seized after the former...

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Prison “almost inevitable” for van driver who knocked and killed GB...

A van driver who knocked down and killed Team GB triathlete Rebecca Comins who was riding a time trial, and later told the police that he “misjudged” the overtake, has been found guilty by court, with...

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Residents call for delivery riders to wear numbered jackets to track down...

A residents group in Glasgow has called for food delivery riders to wear jackets with identifiable numbers so they can be tracked down and have their insurance and registration checked, while claiming...

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High Court judge dismisses legal challenge to government's cycling funding cuts

A High Court judge has ruled against campaigners who mounted a legal challenge after the government last year cut the budget for active travel schemes by two-thirds.Transport Action Network (TAN) says...

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Police unsure if driver’s “lack of vision” or hi-vis and no helmet to blame...

Police investigating a collision which caused the death of a Hampshire-based cyclist, who was killed when a motorist suddenly pulled out of a junction and struck him, causing him to suffer traumatic...

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Scott Peden, who lost his family in an e-bike fire, backs calls for...

Carousel short title: E-bike fire survivor backs third party certificationHome Page Teaser: “If my story doesn’t show the desperate need for a change in regulation, then I don’t know what will"Tags...

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20-year-old female cyclist followed and assaulted by road rage driver after...

Police in Bristol have launched an appeal for witnesses after a female cyclist was assaulted by a motorist, who followed her before attacking her and kicking her bike after she gestured for the driver...

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Near Miss of the Day 909: this time it's another cyclist as rider who...

While the vast majority of our Near Miss of the Day entries involve drivers of motor vehicles committing close pass offences on cyclists, occasionally we're sent rarer examples of cyclist-on-cyclist...

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Police "appalled" by sentence of driver who ran red light and killed cyclist...

A driver who killed a cyclist in Exeter after running a red light as he inhaled laughing gas from behind the wheel of his BMW has been sentenced to three years in prison and a driving ban that will see...

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Bike shop owner slams police’s “abject apathy” after three shops and private...

A cycle shop owner has criticised the police’s “abject apathy” towards bike theft after thieves attempted to break into his store for the second time in a year, on the same night two other bike shops...

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Cyclist says he’s been “failed” after attorney’s office claims “not enough...

A new video has emerged showing the pick-up truck driver who drove into a group of 20 cyclists in Phoenix, Arizona, leaving two dead and 11 injured, sobbing on the phone with his partner, while call...

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Cyclist fined £220 for riding through red light forcing mum with pushchair to...

A cyclist has been ordered to pay a total of almost £400, including fine and other costs, for riding through a red light as a mum with her child in a pushchair were crossing the road, making them stop...

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Former French legislator arrested after speeding through cycle lane under the...

Former French legislator Joachim Son-Forget has been arrested after a high-speed chase down the bike lanes of Paris after he refused to comply with the police who alerted him to slow down — all while...

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Kaitlin Armstrong ordered to pay murdered cyclist Moriah Wilson’s family $15...

A judge has ordered Kaitlin Armstrong, who was sentenced last November to 90 years in prison for the murder of Moriah Wilson, to pay the leading gravel cyclist’s family $15 million in damages.The...

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Drunk driver with six empty beer cans in SUV rams two cyclists, before...

A drink driver with half a dozen empty beer cans in his vehicle who rammed into the back of two cyclists, before using his SUV to run over one of the cyclists as they lay on the ground after the...

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