“They are always in the way" says farmer who did close pass in tractor before...
A Cumbria farmer has been found guilty of common assault for a road rage attack on a cyclist. “They are always in the way; always annoying like that. They’re always there,” said Kallum Hunt, 23.The...
View ArticleMan trying to stop thief stealing his bike in New Mexico shot dead
Police in New Mexico are hunting for a thief who shot the owner of a bicycle dead when the pair struggled as he tried to steal it.The incident happened in Albuquerque on Wednesday morning, reports KRQE...
View ArticlePolice in Warwickshire alerted after cyclist riding at mountain bike and BMX...
Police in Warwickshire have been alerted to an incident in which a cyclist riding at an off-road mountain bike and BMX track in Leamington Spa was shot with a pellet fired from an air rifle.The pellet...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 240: Traffic calming gone wrong?
Something we see regularly in our Near Miss if the Day feature is motorists carrying out dangerous overtaking manoeuvres on cyclists at points in the road where measures have been taken to prevent such...
View ArticleStaff at Brighton newspaper help editor 'steal' back his bike
Staff at a Brighton & Hove newspaper jumped into action to ‘steal’ back their editor’s bike after it was taken by thieves, with police explaining that they were unable to assist because they were...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 241: Very close overtake on double white lines – but...
Today’s entry in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a very close pass on a road marked with double white lines – but the cyclist who recorded it has heard nothing back from the police since...
View Article"Warped trend"– More reports of cyclists being pushed off their bikes by van...
A newspaper says that a number of recent incidents in Kent in which cyclists have been pushed off their bikes by van passengers reflects a “warped trend” – although some commenters to the article...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 242: Cyclist almost doored in Glasgow
The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows the moment a car passenger opened their door in the path of a cyclist filtering up the inside of a lane of traffic.It was filmed in the East...
View ArticleBelfast bike thief asks for prison sentence, judge obliges
A Belfast bike thief who asked a judge to jail him in a bid to help him break out of a spiral of addiction that had led him to commit crime was obliged by a judge as she sent him to prison for 10...
View ArticleExtra security for Cambridge's £2.5m CyclePoint as thieves target parts
Extra patrols have been introduced after the theft of saddles and wheels at Cambridge CyclePoint earlier this week.Opened in February 2016 next to the city’s railway station, CyclePoint is Britain’s...
View ArticleDriver fined after pulling out on triathlete at roundabout
A Nottinghamshire driver who hit a cyclist at a roundabout, causing serious life-altering injuries, has received six penalty points and a £200 fine.Nottinghamshire Live reports that on July 30 last...
View ArticleTeenage driver who killed cyclist after "misjudgement" on narrow road handed...
A 19-year-old driver has been handed 300 hours of community work and been banned from driving for two years after he hit and killed a cyclist near Spalding. Hadley Fisher admitted causing the death of...
View ArticleCyclist who hit horse during Royal Windsor Triathlon found guilty of riding...
A triathlete who hit a horse during the cycling section of last year’s Royal Windsor Triathlon has been ordered to pay £926.Video footage from the event, which took place on June 17, showed a number of...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 243: Driver towing caravan almost hits cyclist
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a combination of two factors which have regularly featured over the couple of years in which we’ve been running it.One is when a motorist...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 244: Close pass at speed by a "very remorseful" fellow...
Today’s video in our Near Miss of the Day series shows a very close and very fast overtake on a cyclist by a van driver who turned out to be a bike rider himself.It was sent in by road.cc reader Tom,...
View ArticleNear Miss of the Day 245: Moped rider almost hits cyclist head-on
If you cycle regularly in urban areas, you can’t fail to have noticed the rise in the number of people on scooters – something driven mainly by the gig economy, especially food delivery businesses.Many...
View ArticlePro cyclist Iljo Keisse accused of sexual harassment by waitress in Argentina
A waitress at a restaurant in Argentina has reported Deceuninck-Quick Step cyclist Iljo Keisse to the police for sexual harassment after he was alleged to have touched her inappropriately as she posed...
View ArticleJail for driver who said he didn't see cyclist he killed despite victim being...
A Worcestershire motorist who claimed he had not seen a cyclist he crashed into and killed - despite witnesses saying that the victim had been "lit up like a Christmas tree" - has been jailed for four...
View ArticleThe extraordinary story of the Olympic track cycling hopeful turned serial...
Here at road.cc, we often come across stories from the US about people who have used a bike to try and ride off after committing a crime, and we tend to skip over them – but today, we’re making an...
View ArticleIljo Keisse thrown out of Vuelta a San Juan and fined by judge following...
Belgian professional cyclist Iljo Keisse has been thrown out of the Vuelta a San Juan after he allegedly rubbed his genitals against a waitress on Monday as she posed for a photograph with him and his...
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