Accident involving 3 vehicles

[E944]

Hello,

I'm reluctant to post this for obvious reasons, but I know many of you have been in similar or even more serious situations than this so know how it works.

3 weeks ago I was involved in a serious accident, in which I sustained a serious leg injury. 3 vehicles were involved. Me another bike and a car. I hit the car.

Now, tomorrow the police want me to go give my statement. With a solicitor present? My parents suspect I'm going to get charged with dangerous driving?

The other scrote on the bike is a wannabe Rossi, and I know 100% has gone into or nudged my back end.

There is no witnesses as far as we know or CCTV. How is this going to stand considering I've missed a months of work already nearly?

I'm getting myself my own solicitor if I do get charged and for compensation purposes but can only believe he has got away with it and done me over which is hard to deal with as he is so smug.

Oh and not to mention he left me at the scene of the accident, what a top bloke aye? Humans do that? If they have something to hide which he did.

Sorry for the rant just worried so any help is really appreciated! If you wish to know anymore within reason I will say if it helps me out.

Thanks.

[charlie74]

problem you will have is proving he was involved in the accident at all if there was no evidence to support it

but good luck

[multijoy]

If you're being interviewed in a police station, you're entitled to free and independent legal advice even if you've not been arrested.

If you're concerned, you can always decline to make a statement. If they do decide that your statement is vital to the investigation of an alleged offence, they can nick you and do it properly.
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[Andy_Pagin]

Do you seriously expect to get any sensible replies at 23:09 hrs before giving a statement? Especially with such a vague outline of the circumstances.

Post a detailed account NOW and pray that an insomniac lawyer is online.
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[Pete.]

Take your solicitor, and remember that most of the evidence that they will look to use against you will be what they get from your statement.

Don't ride with nobbers.
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132.9mph off and walked away. Gear is good, gear is good, gear is very very good

[multijoy]

[E944]

No I will go as in my mind I am 100% innocent. This scrote has changed his story twice already.

I was not riding with him, I know of him. I ride by myself all the time.

[kerr]

So what exactly happened?
And heed advice given, speak to a solicitor before you do ANYTHING, you may well be 100% innocent but that means nowt.
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[Lord Percy]

This needs better explanation and a mandatory paint diagram.

Sounds like your biker mate clipped your back wheel and made you crash? So it looks like it was your fault for riding badly, when really it was his fault for hitting you?

Can't really figure it out though to be honest.

For me personally, if I were absolutely certain of my innocence I would just go with the flow of it all and just be myself. Nothing to worry about if I was actually innocent. If I ended up being screwed over by the system, I like to think I'd go 'Law Abiding Citizen' on everyone .

[barrkel]

FWIW, it's very hard for one bike to nudge another bike from behind, and come off better than the bike in front. Steering is fundamental to staying upright, and steering is the first thing that hits anything.

Easiest way, on a bike, to make another bike crash is to brake hard in front of it then accelerate. Even easier if you're in a corner and the other bike is on the outside rear of you.

I've rubbed the rear end of my bikes against things from time to time, and been able to stay on with little difficulty. Not with the front though.

Just saying; the brief outline you've made makes it hard to see how the guy behind could be at fault.
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[E944]

Okay, I was just turning for a left hand corner, and he was behind me and came up my inside. Felt a shunt from behind which sent me into the car head on.

[Walloper]

[sickpup]

[Wonko The Sane]

if you do go (people have advised you don't, and from your last post sounds like they may try and insinuate you were going too fast / riding dangerously)

so, if you do go, think, speak, think, listen, think, respond with as few words as possible, think, listen, think speak.


WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN NOW WHILE YOU CAN REMEMBER AND DON'T DEVIATE FROM WHAT YOU'VE WRITTEN AS YOUR MEMORY OF THE EVENT

[Rogerborg]

[Acemastr]

It's well known, especially from Motogp and the such, that the person that HITS your back wheel is nigh on 100% going to come off, unless it was at really low speeds, or he is the luckiest bloke alive(and stupidest)

Write EVERYTHING down, a visual memory of your notes makes life a lot easier, take them with you, scrutinise everything yourself and see what come back they have on EVERY point you write down, because they will find every single come back and then some.
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[Rowey]

Not trying to stir, but if you were hit from behind, would you not have some rubber/paint transfer? Could an expert look at your bike and provide evidence to support the fact?

Either way, scum bag for leaving you there. Will he only get prosecuted for leaving the scene of a crime if he's proved to be involved?
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[lihp]

How can you be 100% sure he did 1 of 2 things?

Nudging and hitting somebody are quite different, how can you be 100% sure that he did one or the other?
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[Ste]

You will be arrested if you do not go to be interviewed?

Don't give them anything, they want to prosecute you so be careful. What Roger says about preparing a written statement sounds like excellent advice.

[daemonoid]

[E944]

Thanks for all the replies firstly.

I was NOT riding with him I cannot stress this enough. This fool really thinks he is the don of bikes. I'm in two minds you all seem to know what your talking about.

My statement is already written out and ready. I also already planned to read from my statement when asked questions as its 100% the truth of the events that happened that day.

An expert to examine the bike could be a possibility yes.

Thanks.

[daemonoid]