BICYCLE ACCIDENTS WITHOUT HELMETS IN LONDON

Bicycle accidents without helmets in London and compensation claims for concussion caused by bicycle accidents involving pedestrians.

Here's an example of some of the stranger cycle accident claims that we receive.

I wonder if any of your accident lawyers would be able to provide me some advice about a bicycle accident I had in London in October of last year? Do you handle compensation claims for bicycle accidents like this?

I was riding my bicycle in rush hour traffic when a traffic warden suddenly leapt out in front of me and held his hand up as if to stop me. The roads were very wet and I was cycling hard as I was late for work and he gave me no time or opportunity to come safely to a halt. So I attempted to ride around him to avoid having an accident.

However, the warden, seeing my attempt to change direction, jumped in front of me with his legs astride and my front wheel went between his legs and he ended up sitting on the parcel carrier above my front mudguard. We were now sitting face to face and he seized the handlebars either in an attempt to keep his balance or take control of the steering.

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With his back to the way we were going he was unable to see that a bus was taking on passengers and parked in our way and we became another of London's bicycle accidents statistics as we ploughed into the back of the No. 27 to Hammersmith Broadway.

It would appear that the warden was stopping me for riding without a safety helmet but had no legal position to stop me even though I was riding my bicycle in a red zone. As a result of my bicycle accident I had minor contusions and have had water on the knee for the past seven weeks. The warden received twisted testicles for his trouble, so at least some good came out of the accident.

Do you think as bicycle accidents go that I might have a claim for compensation?