Shocking footage shows a cyclist being pushed off her bike by a passing car, with the driver ignoring the stop and ending up sprawled on the road.
The motorcycle’s dashcam footage was captured at 9.04am on Saturday along Burns Road on Sydney’s North Shore.
The footage shows the car quickly approaching the cyclist, who then falls from her bike as it races past her.
The vehicle did not slow down and quickly drove away.
The motorcyclist, who wished to remain anonymous, said he was riding with a group of other motorcyclists when the incident occurred in a 60 km/h zone and that they were driving below the speed limit.
“I saw something and then the cyclist just fell to the ground,” he said.
“I slowed down to help her and when I looked in my mirror I saw a car pull over to help her right away. I saw that too.”
As the cyclist’s group continued on, he overtook the car and saw the license plate on his dashcam footage.
A motorcyclist has captured the shocking moment a car and a bicycle collide on a road in Sydney’s north
He said his first thought was that the cyclist had hit a hole.
“When I watched the video, it was clear that the car had hit her. I guess the mirror had hit her steering wheel or something, but to me it was clear that there had been a collision,” he said.
The motorcyclist said he reported the incident to two police stations, but they told him they would not do anything until the victim filed a complaint.
He hopes that the release of the images will lead to the woman, or someone who knows her, coming forward.
The cyclist believes the car is to blame, as vehicles are legally required to maintain a distance of one metre from cyclists at lower speeds and 1.5 metres at speeds above 60 km/h.
“The police can take action if she goes to the police or she can file a claim with her insurance company,” the rider said.
The cyclist who captured the dashcam footage said the cyclist was left drowsy, but a car pulled over behind them to help her
‘I know there’s been an offence, you can see that, and it’s an offence that results in bodily harm and it could be seen as stopping to stop after an accident or continuing to drive after a collision, I don’t know.
“I want this woman to get some kind of satisfaction.”