Near Miss of the Day 774: “I’d have been hit if I hadn’t swerved”

A road.cc reader says “I’d have been hit if I hadn’t swerved” when a BMW driver made a close pass on him after exiting a section of roadworks – with the driver then, for good measure, trying to overtake another car and bus up ahead only to have to abort the manoeuvre due to a vehicle approaching from the other direction.

The incident happened in the village of Hursley, Hampshire, with Tom, the reader who shot the footage, telling us: “I had a bus and two cars overtake me despite oncoming traffic.

“The overtake by the BMW was particularly bad, I probably would have been hit if I hadn't swerved to the left.

“As an added bonus, the BMW then tried to overtake the bus on a blind bend, almost causing a head-on collision.

“I can't imagine where the driver needed to be in such a hurry.

“I reported this to Hampshire Police via the ‘Report a road traffic incident’ page on their website,” he added.

“I haven't heard anything back so I don't know if they've taken any action against any of the drivers.”

> 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