A man in his sixties was cycling down London Road in Hilsea, Portsmouth, when he was struck by a black Volkswagen Golf. The driver didn’t stop. He fled the scene on foot. Police later found and arrested a 26-year-old man on suspicion of failing to stop, dangerous driving, drink-driving and drug-driving.
This video examines what really happened on that stretch of road—and what it says about Britain’s dangerous relationship with the car.
📰 The Incident
📍 Location: London Road, Hilsea (Portsmouth)
🕛 Time: ~11:51 a.m., Tuesday 14 October 2025
👤 Victim: Cyclist in his 60s
🚗 Driver: 26-year-old man from Portsmouth
🏥 Condition: Serious but not life-threatening injuries
📞 Police ref: 44250465445
🔗 Source: Portsmouth News
⚡ Why It Matters
When a cyclist is hit, we act like it’s freak chance. But statistically, it’s not. It’s the predictable by-product of decades of car-first planning and minimal accountability.
The man from Hilsea is still in hospital. The driver is out on bail. And somewhere in Britain, another cyclist is about to set off down another road built for someone else.
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And if you dare to try to do something by reporting to operation snap you get demonized
And in my city I still see news article headlines like "Cyclist Hits Car".
20mph limits in towns would massively help make roads safer for everyone, especially cyclists.
All being said, I would much rather do my commutes by bicycle than by car. I actually think it is safer because 80% of my journey is on offroad bike paths or protected bike lanes. On the busier bits I do use the pavement a bit (ambiguous and unclear signage means I can assume a lot of it is shared-use: basically any pavement within a kilometre of a shared-use sign is valid in my book)
"If you ever want to get away with murder, make sure your intended target is on a bike,
At most you'll be issued a warning and sent on your way."
~AverageManOnaBike
Video titled "They Get Away With It All The Time"
i am a 175,000 milerevery time a car passes me i push my bike in towards the side,in Worcester at night when i go home i leave worcester 11pm and i do not let any car pass me
Stay safe people,I’ve been riding around more with mirrors on my bikes lately,doesn’t look as cool but it sure feels safer at least knowing what’s coming.Won’t save everyone but it’s worth a try.
The issue is that a human on a bike isn’t seen as a human being. Various people in the public eye and newspapers promote the idea that a human on a bike is fair game. Legally thats is very sketchy ground, it only takes one case and the house of anti-cycling cards falls
Well said sir! They treat a cycling death like hitting a wild animal in the road.
Just move out of those cities and take your professional expertise with you. Let those cities be the haven for unqualified scumbags with drinking issues. Cities turn into slums when they aren't managed properly by their elected officials and assholes deserve each other. No one is forcing people to live in cities like this.
When cyclists cease ignoring traffic lights & road signs & stop riding on pavements, I'll give a care…
If it's predictable it's not accidental.
Reported a car for deliberatly passing me within inches at 30mph on a wide empty road and hitting his horn as he did so. The police did not want to prosecute him becasue they said that he might not know he was supposed to leave 1.5 metres. They also reconned that he blasted his horn as he passed to let me know he was there.
Tricky dealings with a death cult.
I think it is telling that CyclingMikey has been referred to as 'The most hated man in Britain'.
Hated by whom? Car drivers mainly, and all HE's doing is reporting drivers for mobile phone use and other driving infractions. Imagine if he had the power to detect drink and drug drivers? Then the knives: Bitchy comments: Weaponised vehicles would really be out. And if HE comes to any harm I am sure that there will be plenty of entitled car-aimers messaging on their phones (resting awkwardly on their steering wheels) that he had it coming.
Like most regular cyclists I have been told that I should move out of the way: Wear Hi-Vis: Put my lights on: Go faster: Slow down: Ring my bell: F*** off: Get a life: Learn the Highway Code: Use the cycle path: Get off the road: Pay 'Road Tax' (whatever THAT is!) – The list goes on. Try saying any of that to most car drivers and their entitlement induced rage usually becomes very evident. As a 72 year old I have accepted that many drivers don't really give any thought to whether or not their actions will cause me any harm and I therefore ride my bicycle accordingly. I do most of the things that have been suggested to me in that list, but I don't pay Road Tax (it's not possible). I do, as a car owner, pay Vehicle Excise Duty, so I suppose I am free to F*** off and get a life! 😉
Want to get away with killing someone? Use a car!
The driver will be prosecuted…..lose his licence for a year, £200 fine and 2 weeks community service…… the law is an absolute joke.
Any driver involved in hitting a cyclist should be made to ride a bike for 12 months
The authorities encourage people to walk and cycle more, but don't provide the facilities to keep them safe. i'm 78, and still ride my bike when I can, luckily, living in the countryside our roads are still reasonably quiet. most drivers are careful and considerate, but you always get one who isn't.
The perpetrator should have snow shoes surgically attached
I like living in Japan, where the laws are harsh, and vigorously enforced. In Japan you can get 3 years in prison for DUI, the maximum BAC is .03, less than half what it is in other countries. Any driver who causes an injury to a pedestrian or cyclists is charged with a crime. Serious injury or death merits a mandatory prison sentence of 1 to 3 years. A DUI fatality collision can get you 15 years in prison, if there are two or more victims it becomes a capital offense, with a life sentence or even hanging as an option. Drunk drivers have been hanged in Japan. Because the laws are harsh, and are vigorously enforced, people rarely break them. Japan's traffic fatality rate is half that of the UK (which isn't that high), and one-sixth that of America. If drugs are involved, things become even more serious. The minimum sentence for possessing any amount of drug, or testing positive for illicit drugs is 2 years in prison. Japan is rather unique in that if you are arrested, you cannot bail out, and have to stay in custody until your case is resolved. Jail in Japan is not pleasant, inmates are housed solitarily, military discipline is enforced. Food is bland, and served in small portions. Prison inmates in Japan don't get fat. You get 30 minutes outside your cell per day, not including meals.
The crap of bicycle riding in the UK, and it really ain't much better in Australia. Killer drivers usually get let off with a wrist-slap, often NO prison-time, IF they are even caught and prosecuted! 😡
You've got some great content, that I am sure many link to, as a quick way to efficiently answer berks on social media. However the most common crappy attack, is why are we on the road, when there is a perfectly good cyclepath. Please do a video titled as such that i am sure you will expertly cover the very many reason why we are not. I realsise you have covered this before as a part of other topics, but the video title is important. Thanking you in advance 🙂
I’ve been deliberately knocked of once, and had teens in a corsa try.
When I was knocked off it was witnessed by three drivers they all confirmed what my Garmin Varia and road awareness had told me. The guy had slowed down behind me, followed me for a couple of minutes despite the road being clear and me waving him through, he waited for a car to come the other way and moved tighter to the curb to deliberately hit my rear wheel. I came off and he drove off.
To their credit, the three cars behind him all stopped, all waited for the police and all gave statements. I was doing 30 mph on a long downhill, in a 30 mph zone, I was not slowing them down or impeding them from passing. The police did nothing.
It’s not accidental it’s deliberate, they know the police would rather look for criticism of them on the internet, than investigate or arrest real criminals, so a bigoted brain dead minority feel enabled and entitled to do as they wish.
I’ve been deliberately knocked of once, and had teens in a corsa try.
When I was knocked off it was witnessed by three drivers they all confirmed what my Garmin Varia and road awareness had told me. The guy had slowed down behind me, followed me for a couple of minutes despite the road being clear and me waving him through, he waited for a car to come the other way and moved tighter to the curb to deliberately hit my rear wheel. I came off and he drove off.
To their credit, the three cars behind him all stopped, all waited for the police and all gave statements. I was doing 30 mph on a long downhill, in a 30 mph zone, I was not slowing them down or impeding them from passing. The police did nothing.
It’s not accidental it’s deliberate, they know the police would rather look for criticism of them on the internet, than investigate or arrest real criminals, so a bigoted brain dead minority feel enabled and entitled to do as they wish.
Here in Germany, drivers even kill cyclist (especially trucks turning right) and the consequences are little to nothing… one of those stories is an elder school teacher in Berlin, who was killed by a truck driver and the charge was dropped because a "lack of public interest" … it is absolutely outrageous, how someone gets away with manslaughter because of a "lack of public interest"…. makes me feel ashamed!
Britain is a country with very few Police per capita compared with comparable wealth countries and sub par infrastructure generally and the road safety environment consequently has little enforcement, of course every measure that is tried is portrayed in the shit media as a war on the motorist. Britain is not a place to cycle in and not even a good one to drive in either. It's a country in social, financial and moral decline.
Should be jailed for at least 10 years and not allowed to drive again and made to cycle everywhere
After a close pass by a speeding quarry lorry in 2010 I quit.
Well said,sad but true.Some drivers don't see us as humans .If a cyclist hits a pedestrian it's headline news if a car hits a cyclist it's they should not be on the road.
The fact that anyone can drive a car in any state (physically or mentally) means people will die every single day. It's so hard to lose your license, it's crazy.
Question…..Why were the roads paved?
I ride around Portsmouth. It is dangerous especially in South sea and they do nothing
Ashley Neal was asked for comment. He said, "toxic cyclists".
In July I was kicked off my bike by a #### on an illegal E motorbike (I think they were after my bike) I sustained 5 broken ribs and a collapsed lung. Despite dashcam from a car following and numerous witnesses the police dropped the case due to "insufficient evidence." I myself have seen the #### on 3 separate occasions wearing the same as on the day of the attack, on the same bike.
Was he an alpha mail?
Had plenty of offences resulting in No Further Action, parking on zigzags, using mobile phone, close passes, running red lights all too often not being dealt with. The really annoying thing is when police come up with excuses for the offender 😡
Son of stupid cowerd