diff --git a/utils/dataloaders.py b/utils/dataloaders.py
index 4690f0c2e81e..8f32c301b772 100755
--- a/utils/dataloaders.py
+++ b/utils/dataloaders.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 from utils.augmentations import Albumentations, augment_hsv, copy_paste, letterbox, mixup, random_perspective
 from utils.general import (DATASETS_DIR, LOGGER, NUM_THREADS, check_dataset, check_requirements, check_yaml, clean_str,
-                           cv2, segments2boxes, xyn2xy, xywh2xyxy, xywhn2xyxy, xyxy2xywhn)
+                           cv2, is_colab, is_kaggle, segments2boxes, xyn2xy, xywh2xyxy, xywhn2xyxy, xyxy2xywhn)
 from utils.torch_utils import torch_distributed_zero_first
 
 # Parameters
@@ -321,6 +321,9 @@ def __init__(self, sources='streams.txt', img_size=640, stride=32, auto=True):
                 import pafy
                 s = pafy.new(s).getbest(preftype="mp4").url  # YouTube URL
             s = eval(s) if s.isnumeric() else s  # i.e. s = '0' local webcam
+            if s == 0:
+                assert not is_colab(), '--source 0 webcam unsupported on Colab. Rerun command in a local environment.'
+                assert not is_kaggle(), '--source 0 webcam unsupported on Kaggle. Rerun command in a local environment.'
             cap = cv2.VideoCapture(s)
             assert cap.isOpened(), f'{st}Failed to open {s}'
             w = int(cap.get(cv2.CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH))