Zoe Ball feels 'violated' after London cyclist punches her car windscreen in road rage horror

Zoe Ball has revealed she has been battling panic attacks since a cyclist punched her car’s windscreen in a fit of road rage. The former BBC Radio 2 DJ, 55, explained that she got caught up in “absolute carnage” while driving through London, with a series of cars “coming at her”. A male cyclist slowed became infuriated when she slowed down during the commotion and attacked her car in the “really violating” incident. “I was having panic attacks a little bit at the weekend again which I haven't had for a long time. I had a cyclist punch my car window in London the other day because... I've had a rant about it, but cyclists cycling around the car, not stopping at lights...“You know, just coming every which way at you... it makes it so difficult as a driver in London. I am vigilant and I am really aware, but it's like, I had people on one side, people on the other side, cars coming out, it's like it's absolute carnage.”Zoe Ball revealed a cyclist punched her car windscreenYouTube Ball - who left Radio 2 in December 2025 - went on: “This guy - it's like he could see my car, he could see I was slowing down. He could see I was moving over and he punched my windscreen.”Her co-host Whiley sighed and said: “And it's really violent, isn't it? Really, it feels violating.”Ball said: “It's really violent. I was like, ‘Mate, can you see what's happening either side of me?’ It's like, you can see the car, just slow down.”Earlier in the chat, Whiley revealed a horse box ran crashed into her son Cass’ car while she was inside it.She said: “I was stationary. Horse box just ran into me, took the back of his car off, wrote it off. So, it's dead. Car's dead. It has only just been repaired. We literally got it back last Thursday...Read More“It's quite weird when you have a car accident. I haven't had an accident for such a long time, like hardly ever in my life. And when someone drives into your car, when it's actually going on, it's so shocking.“Like you can't believe it's actually happening. You feel really shocked afterwards. Really fragile. You can't believe it's going on. Well, you feel a bit edgy, don't you?”She has been battling panic attacks since the incident PA ArchiveBall revealed: “Then when you're driving afterwards, you feel a bit edgy. Because Cuz someone fell asleep at I think he fell asleep at the wheel and hit my car...“Do you remember last year on the motorway? And I still drive past that very spot and shudder every time. Everything was absolutely fine and everybody was okay and you know, but it does it does really shake you.”She described how she manages her symptoms with daily bioidentical gel and quarterly blood tests.A bioidentical gel is a type of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) that uses oestrogen identical to the hormones naturally produced by the body.“I take those everyday because I was getting some really bad periods. I was getting some really nasty random big bleeds,” she shared.“And when I was doing the Breakfast Show, I had horrific anxiety. That was my worst sort of symptom and that involved panic attacks, not being able to breathe, a lot of tears, quite a low mood and it was quite frightening at times.”Ball admitted she initially turned to antidepressants to help manage her anxiety before realising the menopause was the main trigger.