Near Miss of the Day 287: Police van in close pass

The latest video in our Near Miss of the Day feature shows the driver of a police van making a close pass on a cyclist - not the first tine we've had such a submission - remember close this one from last year or this one from just a fortnight or so ago?

The latest one was filmed in West Ham, London, by road.cc reader Sundeep, who told us: "This happened to me on my journey home yesterday.

"An awful stretch of road covered in pot holes that make it hard to maintain a constant line and the bend makes overtaking challenging.

"I haven’t formally contacted the police about it, as I don’t believe I will make any significant difference.Not that it should matter but I was wearing a yellow luminescent t shirt, helmet and had a rear light on." 

> Near Miss of the Day turns 100 - Why do we do the feature and what have we learnt from it?

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.

> What to do if you capture a near miss or close pass (or worse) on camera while cycling

> What to do next if you’ve been involved in a road traffic collision