Someone Ran me over..

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza

jonneymendoza

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Hi all.

Yesterday evening i was on my way home cycling near central London on a quiet street.

There was a car that was driving the opposite direction on a fairly wide road and as we both approached this little junction he immediately turned on me (to his right to turn into the right side road from where his facing) without indicating and went straight into me.

Apparently i flipped mid air and i landed on my left side.

There was another driver that was behind him and he had a dashcam and recorded the whole thing. The driver that hit me didn't stop after the collision and ran.

Thankfully the other driver chased and followed him on a dead-end turn and told him to come back etc and he took his licence plate.

The guy never came back but i have all the video footage and registration .

Another thing to add that there was a off duty officer that was in the area too when it happened! He took my details plus the witnesses details and called the police to fill in a incident report.

I thank my lucky stars because looking at the footage i am lucky im just bruised. nothing broken when i saw the doctor.

I was later that evening planning to go to the emirates and watch arsenal play as i had tickets. So thats a bit of a bummer and my bikes wheels are screwed up.

In terms of whats the next step. what can i do for compensation etc? i would need to repair my bike and i spent £20+ quid on taxi's to get me to hospital etc.

I know that the police will call me again or i will give them a call sometime today to follow up on.

It was a pretty crap evening yesterday for me but could have been worse.

onwards and upwards!
 
First off, glad you're still here and not too badly injured!

Secondly you can take private legal action against the guy - hopefully he'll have car insurance which will make the whole thing a lot easier for you. If not then sadly prepare for a long drawn out process...
 
Well, you need to hope the other guy was insured and wasn't one of the reasons he did a runner.

You should be able to get details from here I believe on the other party:-
http://www.askmid.com/askmidenquiry.aspx

Edit: I would also expect the guy to be prosecuted by the police, you would likely be awarded compensation from this if he is found guilty in court I think?
 
Sounds like you should buy a lottery ticket, given your apparent lack of serious injury!

Hopefully the police by now have identified the owner of the car and paid them a visit, if it's not stolen, they are in for a whole mountain of hurt for leaving the scene (before we even talk about your compensation).
 
Wow, it's good that you're not injured, could've been far worse.
Were you wearing a helmet?

I guess the driver will somehow try to claim that they didn't see you, did you have any lights/hi-vis etc?
 
Squark said:
I guess the driver will somehow try to claim that they didn't see you, did you have any lights/hi-vis etc?
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That won't stick, they were chased down by the car behind them just before the incident, yet they still chose to not return to the scene.
 
Surely the driver is going to be in for a whole heap of trouble with the police, driving without due care and attention as well as failing to stop and report a collision.
 
When the police chase the guy up and he goes to court, you can file your damages there or get a solicitor to claim from his car insurance

If he has no insurance, then you claim against the motor insurance bureau. Thats an agency we all pay into from our car insurance to cover people who are f'd in the a by non insurers.

I got 4k from them when some asshat totalled my car with no insurance.
 
Gabbatek said:
When the police chase the guy up and he goes to court, you can file your damages there or get a solicitor to claim from his car insurance

If he has no insurance, then you claim against the motor insurance bureau. Thats an agency we all pay into from our car insurance to cover people who are f'd in the a by non insurers.

I got 4k from them when some asshat totalled my car with no insurance.
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I doubt if the Police will be interested to be honest, my brother had a far worse thing than this happen spent 8 weeks in hospital and the Police never even talked to him.
 
John40 said:
I doubt if the Police will be interested to be honest, my brother had a far worse thing than this happen spent 8 weeks in hospital and the Police never even talked to him.
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if that occurred then i talk to my cousin who also works for the police as i have a case incident number with me
 
Uther said:
Not at all, I have no idea if cyclists have insurance, and wondered if it works in the same way as car insurance if he did.
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Apologies, people can be pretty polarised on the old cycling thing and I guess I was counter punching a bit too early :D. It's not mandatory but you can get an insurance policy that covers accidental damage, and third part injury etc. In terms of the bike itself you could probably claim on home insurance if it's on the policy.
 
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