Near Miss of the Day 281: Police act after fast close pass

Though no close pass video is pleasant viewing, it’s always good when police decide to act upon the footage which is what we have here following a very fast and close overtake on a cyclist by a van driver in Hampshire in February.

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It was filmed by road.cc reader Cycloactive, who told us that it happened in Huish Lane, Basingstoke and he reported the incident to police.

He said: “For the first time ever in my experience with Hampshire Constabulary the registered keeper, Gary Walker of Sky View Roofing and Building Services, was sent a Notice of Intended Prosecution.

“He took the maximum allowable time of one month to respond, whereupon the male driver, an employee of the company, was identified.

“A police officer notified me that the driver was interviewed at his home address over the incident.

“The driver admitted the offence and was willing to attend a driver awareness course if required.

“I was told I would be notified if an enforcement decision was made but have received no such notification.”

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Over the years road.cc has reported on literally hundreds of close passes and near misses involving badly driven vehicles from every corner of the country – so many, in fact, that we’ve decided to turn the phenomenon into a regular feature on the site. One day hopefully we will run out of close passes and near misses to report on, but until that happy day arrives, Near Miss of the Day will keep rolling on.

If you’ve caught on camera a close encounter of the uncomfortable kind with another road user that you’d like to share with the wider cycling community please send it to us at info [at] road.cc or send us a message via the road.cc Facebook page.

If the video is on YouTube, please send us a link, if not we can add any footage you supply to our YouTube channel as an unlisted video (so it won't show up on searches).

Please also let us know whether you contacted the police and if so what their reaction was, as well as the reaction of the vehicle operator if it was a bus, lorry or van with company markings etc.