Jeremy Vine's lucky escape as bike run over by reversing driver who turned onto cycle lane

Jeremy Vine has shared footage of a terrifying and shocking incident in London this morning which left him desperately banging on the back of a van as the driver reversed over his bike having turned onto a stretch of cycling infrastructure.

The presenter and broadcaster, who works for the BBC and Channel 5 and documents his cycling travels around London through videos posted to his Twitter account, appeared to be unharmed in the incident, which happened near Euston.

This morning. About an hour ago.
Illegal right turn, then watch.
Unbelievable. pic.twitter.com/FRBqXiazgY

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) September 13, 2023

Calling it "unbelievable", he shared the footage with his 788,000 followers, captioning the post: "This morning. About an hour ago. Illegal right turn, then watch. Unbelievable."

In the video, Vine can be seen cycling towards the Tavistock Square junction with Bedford Way when a van driver turns across his path onto the latter street.

However, the driver makes the turn too soon and turns onto a strip of segregated cycling infrastructure approaching the traffic lights.

As Vine calls out and honks his horn to the driver, the van stops, before the driver reverses back out of the infrastructure hitting Vine whose Brompton goes under the vehicle as he shouts out and bangs on the back door.

A passer by can be heard shouting 'stop' while another vehicle blares its horn at the driver in attempt to catch their attention.

At the end of the clip, the van driver moves forward, releasing Vine's bike from under it, as the scene unfolds next to a 'give way to oncoming cycles' sign. When the driver exits the vehicle he asks Vine: "Are you okay, sir" and wheels the bike to the side of the road.

For those wondering, I’m unhurt, and so (incredibly) is my Brompton.
I somehow lost the numbers of the two kind witnesses so, if you’re reading this, please DM me.
Here you can see my concluding conversation with the van driver.
Thanks to @insta360 for always covering me. pic.twitter.com/4krJJEC0B6

— Jeremy Vine (@theJeremyVine) September 13, 2023

Some have accused Vine of going through a red light at the start of the junction, however it appears to just be the effect of his 360-degree camera making the traffic light for drivers coming from the right of shot look like it is facing a different direction.

Looking at the wrong light pal pic.twitter.com/ugIt1mYL1Q

— Lewis Brad 🤙🏻 (@Life_of_Lewiss) September 13, 2023

 Responding to one person saying it was red, Vine replied: "It's green, Monica. Don't drive. Please."

As recently as Friday, Vine took to X, the social media platform formerly called Twitter, to appeal to motorists to stop making right turns across the path of cyclists, a manoeuvre he said was "making it dangerous to use a bicycle".

> "Stop this": Jeremy Vine appeals to motorists over manoeuvre "making it dangerous to use a bicycle"

Last month, he made the case for drivers being told not to overtake cyclists in major cities, adding that he would like to see motorists pull over if they see him behind them "because they know I'm faster".