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Just a bit p***ed, snapped the fulcrum cranks and a bruised foot, I guess the carbon soles took the brunt of the impact, but other than that ok. Obviously the driver couldn't be arsed to stop! Just have to hope the kind person who stopped has the driver and plate on their dashcam.
Fair play the police came fairly promptly and gave me a lift back.
Didn't stop? ****!
Thought of jokes, then realised it's not funny. Could happen to me, although I would hopefully get it on my own cam.
Update us with the police action if they do track down the bastard.
hard luck. Hope you are ok.
Hope you’re okay OP. Get the foot checked just in case it’s more than bruising.
How's it going op?
Any joy in a reg and video?
just had a text from the lady who stopped to help me, her dash cam doesn't show the impact, she was the car infront of me, but it does show the oncoming car crossing the white line and also captures its reg number, she is going to send this to the police. So hopefully the police can do something.
Just need to find out how I can claim for the damage.
As for me physically, foot is fine, went for a couple mile walk on Woolacombe beach earlier and nothing. Says something for how strong Sidi soles are, enough force to snap a crank but nothing else so far found. Will have to get bike checked over, just in case.
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From their insurance. If you have house contents insurance, you can probably give the reg no. to them and they'll find the driver's details. Hopefully, once the insurance co.s find out that this ****er drove off and didn't report an accident, he'll be screwed with getting any insurance in the future.
What a dick . Hope the police give him what for as well. Leaving the scene of an accident, failing to stop , failing to give details following a RTC .
I would be buying the lady with the dashcam some flowers as a thank you
Decent cranks are not cheap. Nor are £200 Sidi shoes.
Have you checked the MIDAS reg to see if they have car insurance , RFL etc
I really dont get some people!
Just to carry on driving after hitting a cyclist (or whatever/whoever).... what the actual f***?! I just couldn't do it.
Glad you are ok op, hope the driver gets his or her collar felt.
Leaving cyclists laying in the road today, it’ll be cats tomorrow, mark my words.
Glad you’re relatively OK mate.
Good to hear the reg number was captured, keep us posted as the case progresses.
And healing vibes obvs.
Claim for damages you say? Use a good lawyer - Cycling UK use Slater Gordon, British Cycling use Leigh Day. Both would be worth a call for advise.
Oh and I hope the driver gets what they're due, and that you're OK.
Oh and your foot isn't ok.
Just think what someone else would claim off you. And do that.
Insurance companies don't care a jot how much they pay out. I found this out recently.
Insurance companies don’t care a jot how much they pay out.
At this moment I haven't established there is an insurance company.
As for legal, good call, will contact cycling uk on Monday and have a chat.
What have police said?
What have police said?
So far nothing, but this is North Devon and the officers comment yesterday was two officers to cover the whole of Barnstaple to Ilfracombe and they were having to get officers in from further afield just to cover routine operations. Plus his shift pattern meant he was off till Saturday.
Glad your ok MrMo were you on your Trek least the police came out not sure they would bother to much in Gloucestershire.
I was on the Emonda, can't see any frame damage, thankfully.
Use https://ownvehicle.askmid.com/ to check if the vehicle is insured (it won't tell you with who, though).
Have you got the reg number from the witness - if so just get someone like Leigh Day to act for you. They can then get the driver's insurance company. That's all that's needed now. Worth also getting a copy of the lady's footage.
I didn't have much of the driver's details - spinal boarded to hospital where I stayed for over 6 weeks. Just contacted Leigh Day and they did the rest.
as already mentioned, sorry to hear that, glad you are mainly ok.
please, please take action against the driver. they do not deserve sympathy or to be let off with no action. as long as you have reported to police you don't need them any more, the solicitors will do the rest
Apart from the police should be charging with reckless driving and failing to stop. I would be insisting on prosecution especially with the level of evidence you have. No mercy at all for the driver.
Some advice, I contacted the police to ask if they could supply me with driver details so I could put in an insurance claim. They said they intended to contact the driver and would get back to in about a week. So i left it a few weeks the sent an email to the police asking how things were going, Nothing. So leave it a few more weeks and still no reply.
Having done some research it looks like without a reg number I can't claim for any damages. No personal injury just bike bits.
So what are my options? Am I being impatient? Am I being fobbed off? etc.
Call the station and ask for a appointment with the officer dealing with your case or his supervisor.
That might help it along a bit.
So what are my options?
Imo, go to the police station and ask to speak to someone senior. Be nice, but ask for action.
I'd also go to your house insurer and ask them for your legal cover. Get them to look into things - I assume they will have ways of getting the drivers details.
I am truly sorry to hear this has happened to a fellow stwer.
I’m in S Devon if you need any bike bits/support/ride time (once you’re up and running again)
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I’m in S Devon if you need any bike bits/support/ride time (once you’re up and running again)
Thanks for the offer but I was on holiday and have already sorted the damage, but it would be nice to be reimbursed for what it has cost me. I got a few bruises, the bike a bit more but all fixable.
Imo, go to the police station and ask to speak to someone senior. Be nice, but ask for action.
As mentioned above I was on holiday. A trip from Gloucestershire to Devon isn't something I really want to do if I can avoid. I checked with the CTC and because I was not injured it doesn't look like legal is much of a option.
I had a car accident a number of years a go where driver pulled out but never actually hit me (caused me to swerve and left the road). He didn't stop and drove off. police caught up with him and he denied even seeing me (he did he started to pull in then drove off). Anyway the insurance co got his details he denied being at fault and said he wasn't giving his details out as he had no knowledge of crash. My insurance co said fine we will sue you personally instead as I had witnesses he coughed up his details. So the cops will not want to give you his details but your lawyer or insurance co should get it no problem.
Thanks falkirk-mark, might be worth me putting in a claim then and seeing what comes back.
You said you had a text from a witness that had the reg details - that s a good start and you can still sue - and you were injured!
Ironically enough my mum visited gloucestershire and some unsavoury individuals did a crash for cash with her.
Same wherever you go it seems.
Of course they were claiming they had whiplash etc and of course they were not able to speak British that well.
tjagain, I don't have the reg details, the witness past them direct to the police via dash cam footage.
but if you got a text from her could you not ask?
I would be pressing the police over it as well - email to chief constable or to complaints if no action seoon
I can ask, just unsure of how all this works. I am fine, pissed off, but fine, more concerned the driver is punished than getting my costs and don't want to do anything that might risk a prosecution. Just starting to get the feeling that the police are going to do nothing.
I would lodge a complaint about the lack of police handling.
I think in the case of a collision the police are obliged to give you the driver’s details to pursue a claim.
The Motor Insurers Bureau have a scheme for people to claim against hit and run drivers, see https://www.gov.uk/compensation-victim-uninsured-driver
don’t want to do anything that might risk a prosecution
I'm not sure what you mean, are you concerned that YOU might be prosecuted? If the car was on the wrong side of the road and you have a witness that seems unlikely. I would normally expect the police to be particularly interested in prosecuting a driver who didn't stop, but they are stretched so thin they might just not have the resources.
For legal reasons I won't be able to go into for at least the next 12 months, I am currently quite up on the MIB uninsured / untraced driver insurance claim framework.
All I will say now is that you Really want to claim against a known person. If that information is known to the police from a witness you need to get hold if it from them. Badger them until they send it to you or your legal adviser. There's no gdpr bollox in the way. It's info you have right to.
Get a copy of the video and keep chasing the police to investigate/prosecute, and if it's going nowhere, I'd be tempted to go to the local press about the lack of action. Force them to act.
the police are clearly hoping this goes away and therefore will do nothing without you pushing it.
If the police are genuinely not following up a hit-and-run that's scandalous. For the sake of all of the rest of us, please keep pushing for info / prosecution / damages if appropriate.
I’m not sure what you mean, are you concerned that YOU might be prosecuted?
Not that at all, I want the driver prosecuted, I don't want anyone saying you were badgering witnesses etc.
@stoner, from reading the forms it does read as we need to know who the driver is or forget it.
the police are clearly hoping this goes away and therefore will do nothing without you pushing it.
This is the thing, is the officer busy, understaffing, or is the officer just not interested? Hence my question, what counts as a reasonable length of time before changing tack. IPCC etc.
Progress, the police have come back, briefly i have been given the daughters contact details as the driver is in hospital with multiple issues??? Apparently the 91 year old driver thought they had hit a manhole cover. I can hope that he never drives again, that is something i will follow up with the police. As an aside i suppose many of us are going to be faced with the fact that at some point we need will need to confront our parents and get them off the road for the safety of everyone.
The daughter is apparently willing to cover the costs of the damages but I wonder if she is aware how much bikes can cost? She might be in for a bit of a shock? I was when i discovered the retail for replacing the crank with the closest current option, Campagnolo Record at c£600!!!!! plus shoes and wheels.
Now i suppose i have to be tactful, and leave the option to pay herself or refer to their insurers.
Now i suppose i have to be tactful
Not really! And make sure that you get the frame checked properly.
I imagine the old boy will do a Prince Phillip, and hand his licence back. I wouldn't have that much sympathy for his family as it's highly likely they would have noted his failing abilities and chosen not to intervene.
After two months (or tbh after a couple of days) of getting apparently nowhere I'd just have phoned BC/CUK and got their lawyers on it. Or if you're not a member then contact a claim management company / no win no fee solicitor and let them get on with it. No point wasting your own time and money to save a faceless insurance co a few pounds, you won't get a thank-you letter!
@tinas, they we’re interested, without a driver minimal chance of a payout. With only very minor injuries to me even less chance.
I have now got a driver, have spoken to next of kin, It is for them to pay up, or I can now look at making a claim.
Difficult thing getting older people to stop driving when they are no longer competent but this thread shows exactly why you should. You can get them to take an extended test to "prove they are still competent" & if they fail, that's it licence removed.
A work colleague was cycling home a couple of weeks ago, next thing she knows shes waking up on the pavement in lots of pain and wondering why there are bits of teeth in her mouth.
Seems she was hit from behind and was knocked several meters from her bike, broken arm, concussion few cuts and bruises, bike trashed (backwheel and stays bent)
No sign of driver, people who found her didnt see the accident
Shes really had to chase the police who seem to have done nothing, its really knocked her confidence, not just cycling but generally, especially as she has no memory of what actually happened.
sorry I know its not relevant to OP, but boiling my piss at the moment!
@kimbers and people wonder why cycling numbers are falling!
I know this is obvious, but are there any CCTV cameras in the area? I was lucky to have a driver present with a dashcam, without that i would have nothing.
@mrmo shes looking into cctv now, she had memory loss for a few days after the incident so its made things extra hard
She assumed the police would have looked into it, but they have just given her no info
or refer to their insurers.
Straight to the insurers, no hesitation.
Kimbers - That's awful, I hope your pal gets some answers and potentially some closure.
Has she considered going to the local paper to try to move things on?
he knew , didnt want to stop driving so drove off . he knew stopping would mean being made to hand in his licence and no more driving.
I simply refuse to beleive a driver can hit an adult on a bike and not notice, unless they were texting / asleep . this old dodderer was mid turn iirc so cannot have been asleep.
i reckon he wanted to keep on driving Edna and Doris to Waitrose as they rely on him to keep them in Rich Tea biscuits and tapioca pudding.
Roll on self driving cars
I hope everyone makes a full recovery
And we finally have a result. Spoken to their insurance company and have been made an offer. Enough to cover my costs plus a little bit.
That's good news mrmo.
Good news, but still frustrating how hard you have had to push.
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And we finally have a result. Spoken to their insurance company and have been made an offer. Enough to cover my costs plus a little bit.
Reject it. They always lowball on the first offer.