AndyCh
Über Member
I was the victim of a hit and run in Southwark 3 weeks ago, riding along in a straight line in secondary position, doing about 20mph when wham! I was hit by a car turning left. They were on my outside, no indication, no evidence of braking, no discernible slight positional change in the car, which would normally/often see in a turning car and just turned straight in to me. I didn't have time to touch the brakes or swerve at all, I was just hit.
I went arcing up in the air and landed on the front of my head and left shoulder, probably looked a bit like a swallow dive!
I lay in the road, somewhat dazed and waiting to see if all my limbs were pointing in approximately the right direction when the car (which had stopped) decided that they would make a break for it and screeched off. As I lay on the road I read the reg plate as the car drove off.
People came to my aid, and I clambered to my feet, feeling relatively ok as andrenaline coursed through me. After a couple of minutes I started to feel pain (and blood running down my nose from a cut on the bridge). I was fairly bashed up from top to toe, with injuries from my head to my shin and pretty much everywhere on the way down, but both shoulders were the most painful, particularly my left. I went to a&e and had both shoulders x-rayed, fortunately neither was broken, but there was some bone displacement in my left, and potential ligament damage. I'm now awaiting the results of an MRI scan, so should know more in the coming days, but it is still very painful and restrictive.
have 4 witnesses to the incident, one of whom contacted the police that evening to give her statement. I have also given my statement to the police, but it seems so far, 3 weeks later, they have done pretty much nothing, despite me chasing them. This was a hit and run incident by someone who stopped, saw me lying motionless in the road and then drove off. Witnesses have said the same and the police have so far said that this is being treated as a road traffic incident, not a criminal investigation. I had a letter to say they were looking in to it and shouldn't contact them for 14 days whilst they did. Unbelievable! I can't understand why someone wasn't round to her house the night of the incident (they decided not to attend the scene when I called them).
Anyway, I guess my next steps are to try and pursue a civil claim, given my bike is damaged, my glasses broken and helmet destroyed. In the absence of any police help, I'm writing to the DVLA to find out the registered keeper. I will also need to keep on at the police as I really don't want to let this go, people shouldn't be allowed to get away with this.
Main point of the post is just to ask for any advice from someone who has been through anything similar, either with pushing the police, or pursuing a civil claim.
Any help greatly appreciated!
I went arcing up in the air and landed on the front of my head and left shoulder, probably looked a bit like a swallow dive!
I lay in the road, somewhat dazed and waiting to see if all my limbs were pointing in approximately the right direction when the car (which had stopped) decided that they would make a break for it and screeched off. As I lay on the road I read the reg plate as the car drove off.
People came to my aid, and I clambered to my feet, feeling relatively ok as andrenaline coursed through me. After a couple of minutes I started to feel pain (and blood running down my nose from a cut on the bridge). I was fairly bashed up from top to toe, with injuries from my head to my shin and pretty much everywhere on the way down, but both shoulders were the most painful, particularly my left. I went to a&e and had both shoulders x-rayed, fortunately neither was broken, but there was some bone displacement in my left, and potential ligament damage. I'm now awaiting the results of an MRI scan, so should know more in the coming days, but it is still very painful and restrictive.
have 4 witnesses to the incident, one of whom contacted the police that evening to give her statement. I have also given my statement to the police, but it seems so far, 3 weeks later, they have done pretty much nothing, despite me chasing them. This was a hit and run incident by someone who stopped, saw me lying motionless in the road and then drove off. Witnesses have said the same and the police have so far said that this is being treated as a road traffic incident, not a criminal investigation. I had a letter to say they were looking in to it and shouldn't contact them for 14 days whilst they did. Unbelievable! I can't understand why someone wasn't round to her house the night of the incident (they decided not to attend the scene when I called them).
Anyway, I guess my next steps are to try and pursue a civil claim, given my bike is damaged, my glasses broken and helmet destroyed. In the absence of any police help, I'm writing to the DVLA to find out the registered keeper. I will also need to keep on at the police as I really don't want to let this go, people shouldn't be allowed to get away with this.
Main point of the post is just to ask for any advice from someone who has been through anything similar, either with pushing the police, or pursuing a civil claim.
Any help greatly appreciated!
