BIKE ACCIDENT CLAIMS AND HOW TO CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION

Bike accident claims and how to claim for compensation after a traffic accident that was the fault of a driver not paying due care and attention.

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

Can an injury lawyer, preferably one with a sense of humour please contact me about my bike accident claim and explain how I might make a claim for compensation. My bike accident must be one of the strangest cases you will have come against so I need someone who knows how to claim for compensation against a driver who won’t accept responsibility for their actions.

I was cycling home on Friday evening in Crawley and saw a glass and glazing van (the type with wooden frames on the outside to carry large glass panels) stationary in the middle of the road and signalling to turn left.

So I gave a hand signal to overtake the stationary van on the right, but as I overtook the vehicle it suddenly swung to the right and did a U-turn against the oncoming traffic, mounting the curb in the process. As a result, my front wheel was lifted off the ground and became fixed to the side of the wooden frame by way of the spokes and wheel forks being entangled on the wooden struts that protruded from the wooden frame.

Is this one of the strangest bike accident claims you have received?

Despite shouting, ringing my bell and banging on the side of the van, the Rastafarian gentleman who was listening to very loud reggae music continued to accelerate in the direction of Gatwick airport. I had to hang on like grim death as he gathered speed and to my horror I realised he was heading for the M23.

BIKE ACCIDENT CLAIMS

I could see he was rolling a cigarette in the reflection of his cracked wing mirror and the arresting officer later told me that it was in fact a joint containing one of the most potent types of cannabis. Surely this gives me a good case for bike accident claims against the driver.

We entered the M23 at speed and immediately joined a single lane restriction area with thousands of red cones. Despite the fact that there were signs restricting vehicles from switching lanes and speed to 40 miles per hour the driver continued to accelerate and switch lanes; throwing up plastic cones; one of which struck me with force on the nose.

Realising these cones were potentially lethal and I could have a serious bike accident, I managed to dismount my bike and stand on the wooden frame, locking my arms within the hemp straps that were there to secure glass frames. It was non too soon, as my bike, hitting one cone after another began to disintegrate and come away from the vehicle.

HOW TO CLAIM FOR COMPENSATION

Luckily, several motorists, to whom I will be eternally grateful called the motorway police who finally brought the van to a halt on the M25 just outside Leatherhead. One actually reported that a cyclist was trying to overtake a van at more than sixty miles an hour. I was taken to hospital suffering from a broken nose and bruising from the cones and hyperthermia and I need to know how to claim for compensation.

The driver is claiming that he was not to blame because I was inadequately dressed for such cold weather and had not stopped because he thought I was trying to hijack his van. So my question is – can your lawyers help me with my bike accident claim.