Near Miss of the Day 45: Compilation - One cyclist's experience over three...
Last night’s BBC regional news programme Inside Out South highlighted research from the Near Miss Project run by Dr Rachel Aldred of the University of Westminster which found that on average, cyclists...
View ArticleVideo: Pink Kittens film highlights the danger of using your phone while driving
A new campaign from THINK! challenges the misconception that a quick glance at your phone won’t hurt by highlighting how much a driver can miss in just a couple of seconds.“At 30mph a car travels 100...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 46: Police invite submission of footage
A road.cc reader who copied in Surrey Police’s Twitter account when submitting a near miss video to us earlier today has been invited to send the footage to the force.David Ladkin tweeted footage...
View ArticleConsiderate Driver of the Day 1 - Lorry driver gives cyclist loads of room
Our Near Miss of the Day series has highlighted plenty of examples of poor driving that put cyclists at risk of serious injury or death.But equally, there are many drivers out there who do show ample...
View ArticleOxford cyclist killed by bus fell after foot slipped off pedal
The father of an Oxford cyclist killed when she fell and was hit by a bus has called for more cycle lanes in the city in the wake of his daughter’s death. An inquest into the death of Claudia Comberti...
View ArticleAlmost 1,000 cyclists fined under Peterborough’s Public Space Protection...
Nearly 1,000 cyclists have been fined in Peterborough during the first three months of a Public Space Protection Order being introduced in the city earlier this year.The PSPO bans people from cycling...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 48: Rider finds lorry driver overtaking car on wrong...
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series is one of the scariest we've seen, with a cyclist in Wiltshire capturing the moment he rounded a corner in a village near Trowbridge to find a lorry...
View ArticleLorry driver sentenced to four years in prison after hitting and killing...
An Essex lorry driver who hit and killed a cyclist while speeding on the wrong side of the road has been sentenced to four years in prison. Justyn Ransley failed to stop after the collision and instead...
View ArticleMotorist pleads not guilty to causing death of Chris Boardman’s mother, Carol
A 31-year-old man has pleaded not guilty today to causing the death by dangerous driving of Carol Boardman, the mother of world and Olympic champion cyclist turned campaigner, Chris Boardman.Mrs...
View ArticleBike shop slammed for selling on stolen bike
A bike shop that sold a stolen bike on has been criticised by its owner, who faced a seven month battle to get it back.Ashley Thorpe’s racing bike was stolen from St Clements in Oxford, and by chance...
View ArticleSurrey Police suggest Twitter user is ‘too childish to drive’ in response to...
Surrey’s roads policing unit has been running a close pass operation recently, but it’s arguably been making just as much of an impact when discussing its efforts with people on social media.Officers...
View ArticleCyclist killed and two others injured in South Wales group ride horror crash
A cyclist has been killed and two others injured in a collision with a car in South Wales.Reports indicate that a car drove into the group of three yesterday morning as they rode along the A48 near...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 50 – A capital compilation
Our latest Near Miss of the Day feature shows just some of the hazards that a London cycle commuter will encounter on a daily basis.Those include pedestrians who are seemingly oblivious to traffic,...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 51: Dangerous overtake in French gorge
If you've ever cycled in France, it can sometimes seem like a breath of fresh air after riding in the UK, with many motorists giving much more space when overtaking than typically happens in the...
View ArticleCyclist doing wheelie knocked fellow cyclist into road
Devon and Cornwall Police are appealing for information after a cyclist narrowly avoided being hit by a car when she was knocked into the road by a teenager doing a wheelie.Devon Live reports that the...
View ArticleStop Killing Cyclists to hold vigil and die-in at Islington Town Hall next week
Campaigners in London will next week stage a vigil and die-in at Islington Town Hall after a cyclist died in hospital following a collision involving a lorry on Pentonville Road.Jerome Roussel died...
View ArticleHampshire Police stop 20 drivers and 185 cyclists during close pass operation
Hampshire police officers last week stopped both motorists and cyclists in the New Forest as part of the force’s Give Space, Be Safe campaign. The Bournemouth Echo reports that seven drivers were...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 52: Driver pulls out on rider ... on road.cc test ride
One of the reasons we started our Near Miss of the Day series is because just like you, we love getting out on our bikes and just like you, we encounter thoughtless or worse, downright dangerous...
View ArticleTwo years for motorist who deliberately ran over cyclist before threatening...
A London property developer has been jailed for two years and three months after he deliberately ran over a cyclist in a road rage incident. Clifford Harper then got out of his BMW and told Peter...
View ArticleDrunk driver who killed cyclist had been caught drunk at the wheel three...
A Middlesbrough motorist has been jailed for eight years and banned from driving for ten years following her release after she admitted causing a cyclist’s death by careless driving while over the...
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