I came very close to squishing an urban fox last night, whilst going down
Rectory Lane towards Amen Corner in Tooting.
To be fair, I only just saw him or her. It ran out from behind some cars, saw me at the last moment, and beat a hasty retreat, but came extremely close to be jammed under my front wheel.
Rectory Lane is one of the few roads where I can easily beat a car, because it's a moderate downhill with a fair number of speed bumps, and a 20mph speed limit (for motor vehicles). With no cars in site (other than parked ones) I was going at a moderate pace, and Vince is also quite quiet, so the fox probably didn't hear me coming.
Whilst I see a lot of foxes on my commute, that's the closest I've been to one recently. I can live without that sort of proximity however!