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Drug driver who caused horrific crash which seriously injured cyclist avoids...

A driver twice the legal limit for cannabis who hit a cyclist 20 feet into the air, while overtaking another vehicle at a set of traffic lights, causing serious injuries, has avoided jail.CCTV footage...

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Driver drinking vodka from 7Up bottle in car crashes into cyclist on bike...

A motorist who was drinking vodka from a 7Up bottle at the wheel when she struck a cyclist from behind on a cycle lane, leaving the rider with concussion and ongoing pain and discomfort, offered him...

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Near Miss of the Day 918: No further action taken for "pretty scary" close...

A cyclist in Essex questioned the county's police force's decision to take no further action against a driver for a "pretty scary" close pass, the rider believing a "potentially lethal driver hasn't...

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“If he’d stayed in his lane, I would have seen him”: Pavement parking taxi...

A taxi driver who was banned from the roads for 12 months after pulling out without indicating and hitting a cyclist, leaving him with a “horrific” arm fracture, blamed the injured rider for the...

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Cyclist suffers broken arm after car passenger shoved him off bike in latest...

Police in North Yorkshire have appealed for witnesses after a cyclist suffered a broken arm when he was pushed off his bike by the passenger of a moving car, in what is fast becoming a worryingly...

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Lorry driver who killed Davide Rebellin jailed for four years

The lorry driver who killed Davide Rebellin in a collision in November 2022 before fleeing the scene has been jailed for four years.Wolfgang Rieke was sentenced in Vicenza earlier today, the German...

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Police & Crime Commissioner defends under-fire force accused of "astonishing...

A row between Oxfordshire cyclists and the Thames Valley Police & Crime Commissioner erupted after it emerged a Neighbourhoods Policing Team had raised concerns with new on-street cycle parking...

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Drug driver who smashed into cyclist on pavement while twice the legal limit...

A motorist has been spared jail after leaving a cyclist with horrendous, life-changing injuries in a sickening head-on collision on the pavement, despite being twice the legal limit for cannabis, after...

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“We have reached the bottom”: SUV driver charged with murder after cyclist’s...

United in grief and horror at the shocking events which unfurled on a cycle lane in their nation’s capital this week, France’s cycling community has called for an end to “road violence”, following the...

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Charity that runs London parks wants new laws to prosecute cyclists for...

The charity responsible for London's Royal Parks has asked the government to amend legislation "with a view to setting speed limits for cyclists" in its parks which, if introduced, could see riders...

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"Road safety is everyone's business": 90% increase in video footage reported...

More than 200,000 video submissions of dangerous driving and other incidents on the roads of England and Wales have been made through Operation SNAP's online reporting portal since the start of 2021,...

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Police force slammed for "stoking culture war" with "Operation LYCRA"...

The cycling-related complaints keep on coming for Thames Valley Police, a week on from the force's Police & Crime Commissioner admitting "very valid concerns" around how cyclists' reports of...

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"Incomplete" e-bike conversion kits mean people are fitting incompatible...

Carousel short title: "Incomplete" e-bike conversion kits increasing fire riskHome Page Teaser: Correctly designed and fitted conversion kits from reputable manufacturers and retailers “not inherently...

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Shocking footage of cyclist pushed into parked car by masked motorbike rider

Footage has emerged online of a cyclist being pushed into a parked car by a masked motorbike rider in south London.When contacted by road.cc the Metropolitan Police said it could not find that the...

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Court of Appeal to reconsider ruling on cycle funding cuts in England, with...

The High Court has granted permission to campaigners challenging cuts to cycling and walking funding in England, with the judge citing a ‘real prospect of success’ in overturning an earlier ruling, in...

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Taxi driver avoids assault conviction for pushing cyclist who called him a...

A taxi driver who pushed a cyclist during a confrontation sparked by the motorist’s “dangerous” close pass has avoided a conviction for assault, after the judge concluded that the motorist might have...

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"Very enraged" driver who "used car as weapon" to ram cyclist and cause...

A "very enraged" motorist who deliberately rammed a cyclist off their bike, causing "serious, severe and long-lasting" injuries, has been jailed for three years and eight months, as well as receiving a...

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“We made it difficult for the police to ignore”: Cyclist leads police to...

Earlier this year, the Liberal Democrats questioned whether bike theft in the UK has effectively been “decriminalised” after analysis of Home Office data revealed that nine in 10 cases reported to the...

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Cyclists caught looking at phones in Japan could face up to six months in...

Cyclists caught using or even looking at their phones in Japan could now face up to six months in prison, under strict new road traffic laws introduced to clamp down on what authorities believe is the...

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Police warn camera cyclist about “leaning into lone female drivers’ windows”...

A cyclist who has submitted hundreds of videos to the Metropolitan Police showing evidence of illegal driving has accused the Met of “failing to tackle road crime”, after the force responded to two...

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