U turn causes motorcycle accident
Jack was on his way home from work on his Kawasaki ZX9R motorcycle, his pride and joy. The bike at the time was renowned as the fastest bike on the road.
He had been riding up hill on a dual carriageway and was just about to overtake a car which U-turned across him. Jack did his best but hit the car.
What happened next, Jack can only guess. He woke up in hospital on a spinal board. He was told that he had suffered serious fractures and would have to undergo an emergency operation. He spent the following 3 days in Intensive Care. Jack had in fact suffered numerous injuries including post-traumatic amnesia due to a severe head injury, a hangman’s fracture of the upper spine, a fractured elbow, a heavily bruised abdominal wall and a ruptured aorta.
Despite all his injuries Jack made a good and quick recovery, returning to work a few months later. However he was not the same person after the accident.
One of the hardest things for Jack was the fact the crash affected his voice. One of his vocal chords had been paralysed which meant his voice was very weak and quiet. Adding to this his head injury which caused him to pronounce words incorrectly and left him with debilitating migraines for life. Th e eventual recovery was close to normal, but sometimes the less obvious aspects of an injury have the greatest long term effect.
To make things worse the driver of the car was not insured which meant the case had to be pursued against the Motor Insurers Bureau. They argued Jack should have been able to stop in time and that he was travelling too fast. These arguments are always levelled at motorcyclists. The truth is that when a motorcycle is not seen, the driver claims the bike must have been ridden too fast. “I did not see you because you were going too fast” does not really make sense make sense. It is more likely the driver did not look or looked too quickly, or was only looking for cars.
Mark Thompson has acted for many motorcyclists over the years. A bike is a great way to travel but do look out for them as the consequences of a collision can be awful.
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Hi Mark , my son was on his motor bike going home , following behind a beach buggy the buggy started to go left so my son moved right . The buggy then did a u turn my sons bike hit the buggy which kept on driving , it went over him and he is now in hospital. The injuries were two broken bones in spinal column and a disc pressed onto the spine severing it. He will now be wheelchair bound for life.
Sorry to hear about this accident.
I suggest you send me photographs or a video of the road where the accidnet occurred to help understand what happened. Please send by email to mark@markthompsonlaw.com
Hello Mark.
Hope your okay .
I had an accident on my Harley 883 hugger .I was riding on a 40mph road ,everything was fine then the car infront braked suddenly. I later found that the car infront of him had just done a uturn.iwent into the back of the car infront ofme.the driver doing the uturn drove off.there was a few pedestrian witnessers and someone got the reg of the driver who drove off.I’m in hospital now and my bike is a mess.what can I do.
Regards yvonne
I hope you are okay.
You should contact your insurer and provide them with all the information you have.
I would not be surprised if the driver you hit brings a claim against you.
I do not have enough information to be definitive, but you should not be driving into a vehicle ahead of you.
I hope the recovery goes well.