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@Hefty
If I'm reading it right, the driver didn't hit the first cyclist, she hit the second, so there clearly was room for a bike and car as she passed the first without colliding.
I don't suppose there is any doubt the overtake caused the cyclist to panic and fall, but is that the fault of the inexperienced cyclist or of the driver? After all, the first cyclist didn't fall.
A jury only has to have reasonable doubt and they cannot find guilty. The above bit of conjecture could well be reasonable doubt.
I wonder if bike being overtaken + wobble room + car + wobble room + oncoming bike was a greater width than that if the road.