Aussie Rider in London
Active Member
Had an accident today heading down Jewell's Hill toward Saltbox Hill today. I'm fine, but my front wheel is completely bent and unusable. Don't think there's any damage to the frame, but will take to LBS to check.
Driver overtook me around a hard shoulder, then drove into a blind corner and stopped for oncoming traffic, leaving me no space to go. I opted for hitting the wall/side of the road instead of going through the back of the car, and ended up bending the front wheel while my back wheel hit the back of the car.
After making sure I was ok the driver gave me phone number and I took license plate, but didn't want to show me her drivers license. While waiting for my wife to come pick me up I get a call from the driver wondering who on earth had called them (after I had dialled to make sure it wasn't a fake number), and I answered, and asked her to send through a photo of her drivers license so that I could report the incident to the police. Once that happened, she drove back with her husband in the passenger seat.
They were by no means trying to intimidate, but I get the feeling that she was flustered after the incident and tried to drive off. When they arrived back at the scene 20 minutes later they first asked if I was ok, then took a photo of the bike and said that the car would have recorded the incident as it has a rear camera. I asked again to see her drivers license, but was given the response that all her details are linked to the registration of the car, and they took off again.
I am in the process of lodging a report of the accident, but wondering what legal options I have in a scenario like this where my bike is severely damaged, I am not a member of a cycling organisation that provides insurance or cover, and apart from car registration, mobile number and first name of the driver have no other details.
Driver overtook me around a hard shoulder, then drove into a blind corner and stopped for oncoming traffic, leaving me no space to go. I opted for hitting the wall/side of the road instead of going through the back of the car, and ended up bending the front wheel while my back wheel hit the back of the car.
After making sure I was ok the driver gave me phone number and I took license plate, but didn't want to show me her drivers license. While waiting for my wife to come pick me up I get a call from the driver wondering who on earth had called them (after I had dialled to make sure it wasn't a fake number), and I answered, and asked her to send through a photo of her drivers license so that I could report the incident to the police. Once that happened, she drove back with her husband in the passenger seat.
They were by no means trying to intimidate, but I get the feeling that she was flustered after the incident and tried to drive off. When they arrived back at the scene 20 minutes later they first asked if I was ok, then took a photo of the bike and said that the car would have recorded the incident as it has a rear camera. I asked again to see her drivers license, but was given the response that all her details are linked to the registration of the car, and they took off again.
I am in the process of lodging a report of the accident, but wondering what legal options I have in a scenario like this where my bike is severely damaged, I am not a member of a cycling organisation that provides insurance or cover, and apart from car registration, mobile number and first name of the driver have no other details.