Driver of fully laden car transporter close passes me on Aylestone Rd, Leicester, UK September 2024

This close pass happened on Aylestone Road in Leicester, UK, at a point after the cycle track disappears.
The road surface was a patchwork quilt of dips, ruts, cracks and potholes. Navigating this uneven road surface compounded the already precarious position that I was in with this close pass, making it very scary.
Poor road surfaces are one of the reasons drivers are advised to overtake people on bicycles at at least 1.5 metres.
If you wish to report a road traffic incident in Leicestershire, here is the link www.leics.poli...
The link to DfT data showing that bicycles are the safest vehicles on the road, and that cars are the most dangerous vehicles on the road, is below. Look at Chart 4, about half way down the page:
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As a result of my complaint to the police, the driver was offered, and subsequently completed, a driver education course as an alternative to prosecution. They did this in their own time and at their own expense. If there is a similar complaint made against them in the next three years, the police would normally refer the case directly to prosecution.
The best way to improve driving standards, and reduce road deaths, is for drivers to refresh their licence every five years.
Hierarchy of Vulnerable Road Users:
Pedestrians
Cyclists/Horse Riders/Horse Drawn Vehicles
Motorcyclists
Cars/Taxis
Vans/Minibuses
Large Goods/Passenger Vehicles
Rule 163 of the Highway Code: (abridged)
Give motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders and horse drawn vehicles at least as much room as you would when overtaking a car (see Rules 211 to 215).
As a guide:
• leave at least 1.5 metres when overtaking cyclists at speeds of up to 30mph, and give them more space when overtaking at higher speeds
• you should wait behind the motorcyclist, cyclist, horse rider, horse drawn vehicle or pedestrian and not overtake if it is unsafe or not possible to meet these clearances