Archive for the 'Cycling' Category

Our client was riding his motorbike between 2 lanes of slow moving traffic on a dual carriageway when a cyclist tried to cross the road in front of him.  The cyclist was listening to an MP3 player and could not hear our client’s approach, and he failed to look to see if it was safe for him to cross the road.  Our client had to take evasive action and in doing so fell from his motorbike.

He sustained several injuries, the most serious by far was a broken elbow.  The fracture did heal, but despite physiotherapy treatment he was left with a 20% reduction in movement of the elbow, which will be permanent.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just under £11,500.

A brief summary of events is set out below.

Our client was cycling along a road, and was positioned near the centre of the road about to turn right when a vehicle tried to overtake him and knocked him off his bike.  He sustained cuts and bruises to his knee and elbow, and also suffered from back pain.  We were able to recover personal injury compensation for him of just over £3,100.

A brief summary of events is set out below.