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The fag end of summer, a funny time, many people don't know whether to go into town or not to work, weighing up the commute or the home office. I know that some are very strongly either way although there are very few so anti social that they don't wish to ev...

Kevin O’Sullivan, founder of Cycle Legal, discusses the challenges of proving liability for RTAs where vulnerable road users are involved.

The first myth to slay is the repellent expression ‘’presumed liability’’. It, quite under...

I was invited on to the Radio 4 Today programme on Monday to debate with Mr Loophole ,chaired by Nick Robinson. Most enjoyable.

Number plates for cyclists are not a new idea and I enjoyed putting the opposing argument. Read More

We're enjoying working with a cyclist at present who has had to cope with a shattered knee in the accident two years ago and then a pulmonary embolism (life threatening) a few months post accident and caused directly by the injuries sustained in the accident.

Was delighted to be invited to present at Public Policy Exchange a few days back. Spoke about the distinction between the civil and criminal law and how each impacts on cyclists as well as staying local.

Was questioned , not for the first time, about Presumed...

I've been barred from the blog for months because of some fairly complex (for my IT skills anyway) issue that was preventing me from logging in.

So much has happened, even considering lockdown, and all the enforced inactivity.

I finally succumbed ...

Charlie Alliston was sentenced today to 18 months for 'wanton and furious' cycling resulting in the tragic death of a pedestrian Mrs Kim Briggs. Alliston was rightly jailed in my view but this sentence does not remotely compare with the laughably lenient sent...

Difficult time at present , dad's close to passing in a hospice in Hampstead after being in the Whittington Hospital in nearby Highgate since mid June.

One of the only chinks of light has been the cycle trips to and from ,particularly since he's been ...

Tonight will be the fourth time I'm joining 1000 or so others in London Fields at 7ish to begin the 120 mile cycle through the night to the beach in Dunwich.

It never loses its appeal . Essex through the night , Suffolk in the dawn ...Last year there were...

My name is Kevin O’Sullivan and I am a personal injury lawyer of 25 years experience. For the last 15 years I have almost exclusively represented cyclists in cases arising from road accidents, mostly in London.

Injuries have ranged from cuts and bruises...

I can't help but feel some personal responsibility for this one. It was Xmas Eve and it usually falls to me to join the butchers' queue on Church Street.

I parked my bike outside The Spence. Once the turkey arrived (after an hour of a queue ), I knew ...

So goes the headline in a newspaper this am,but this isn't what NICE are proposing in response to air pollution. They ARE saying that cars slowing down and then speeding up is bad for air pollution.I'm sure NICE are aware of how manylives have been saved by s...

It occurred to me some time ago that the hire bike scheme (on which I'm campaigning to be fully extended into zone 2, more of that another time) is perfect when you're only going one way by bicycle.

Last night, I was at a presentation at my son&#...

Cycle Accident Claim - Tulse Hill, South London

After a car pulled out of a side road without due care, it forces the cyclist to lose control and cause both damage and injury. Kevin O'Sullivan dealt with the claim on behalf of the cyclist...

Whilst waiting at a 'Give Way' line, the cyclist was suddenly hit from behind by a bus pulling up to the junction with Hillmarton Road and Parkhurst Road.

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Ms Carey was killed when ...

Despite the estimated number of miles cycled having only increased by 2.2%, according to the latest department for transport figures, the actual number of cyclists killed or seriously injured in Great Britain has increased by 15.2% from 2010 to 2011.

Of the 3...

Earlier on in the year, we looked at the accidents around Kings Cross station, one of which, the death of Deep Lee, spawned a nu...

THURSDAY 15 NOV 2012

Karmarama has apologised for a number of ads created by a member of its staff, which used provocative language such as calling cyclists "stupid twats", to promote road safety.

The website stated: "Every year in this...

FRIDAY 16 NOV 2012

A roadside vigil will take place on Friday 16 November at 5pm outside the London College of Communication at Elephant and Castle, Southwark, to commemorate those killed on London’s roads in the last year.

The El...