Driver filmed trying to push cyclist off bike in Bristol Published duration 8 March 2016

media caption The incident happened in Horfield, Bristol on Monday

A motorist has been filmed driving at a cyclist and attempting to push him off his bike in an "unprovoked attack".

It happened in Wordsworth Road, Bristol, at about 17:20 GMT on Monday and involved a male driver in a white BMW.

Dave Edmunds was cycling home from work and captured the incident on his helmet camera.

Avon and Somerset Police is treating the matter as common assault and said inquiries are continuing.

Mr Edmunds said: "It was a completely unprovoked attack and I had to brace myself in order not to fall off.

'Physical abuse'

"It's a sad way of life that people want to go out and do this type of thing. On the whole most riders and cyclists want to get along on the road, it's just the minority who want to cause trouble.

"I can't believe that there are people out there who would want to do things like injure cyclists."

Mr Edmunds passed the driver's registration number to police and uploaded the footage to YouTube prompting a number of comments.

User 'PeowPeowPeowLasers' said: "Pure scum. Perhaps he didn't realise that grabbing a handlebar at that speed can kill a cyclist. People like this need to be dealt with by a very, very heavy hand."

And 'kindness ARK17' commented: "This needs to be reported to police!!! That is physical abuse!!!﻿"