Updated w/ injury/crash info/pics: Quick accident advice

[JonnyFoxtrot]

Hi all, need this really quick as I'm about to go A&E. Crashed the bike last night at silly speeds after a tank slapper. Gonna go A&E this morning as now I'm really starting to hurt in places, particularly shoulder. BUT what should I tell A&E? There was no police involved last night, was out with all of the mates I ride with and managed to sort the remainder of the bike getting home as well as me without a call to 999. But I don't want anything to go on record at hospital in case insurance/police find out I've been in an accident? Should I just be completely honest?
TIA
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[johnsmith222]

You must have came off your bike and you don't know why something must have been on the road or something and you didn't see it or something. The shock of the crash can affect your memory, but watch they don't think you've been knocked out unless you really have been.

Nothing will go on record when it comes to the insurance company unless you do something stupid and tell them.

If you've tidied your bike away then who's to say you didn't get the injuries you got at 60mph in a 60 limit? Motorcycling is dangerous like that. All you really need to give the police is your name and address but I doubt they'll be interested.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

Tell A&E you crashed your bike. Your insurers won't care as long as you don't try and make a claim from them. Obviously don't go out of your way to tell them, but A&E won't grass you up. They won't dig any deeper.
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If you're particularly worried, you could tell them it was riding off-road, on a trackday, etc.

[Skudd]

tell them you fell of your bike, then they can make you better with the correct information.

You sound young........... hassle now doesn't last, but injuries now that don't get sorted last a life time.

I know, I've been there. the pain still creeps up.
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[teuma86]

You are covered by Patient confidentiality in hospital. They can not tell the police.

if you hide the mechanism of injury (how you hurt yourself) then they may miss something or mis-treat you.

Be honest. You may have another injury that is not showing signs / symptoms yet but the hospital will look for knowing how you hurt yourself.

Medical people are NOT the police, they don't give to f**ks.

I have worked with Paramedics, after an RTC, driver not wearing seatbelt and was speeding. not our job to tell the police, but we needed to know, as now that chest pain is NOT from the seatbelt, could be internal bleeding from the movement to stop.

If the police ask us, we simply say, Can not Comment.

[Conon]

If you tell the hospital that you were in a bike accident, they may want to recover the cost of your treatment from your insurer. It is likely that they will hit you with a bill for emergency treatment for somewhere in the region of £350.

Now i'm not advocating that you dont tell the truth, just advising you that there may be a cost involved.

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[teuma86]

[Conon]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Aye, when I came off my XJ900, even though no-one else was involved I got a bill. If it's an RTA, they can claim off you as you should be insured.

Which is why next time I'm going to say I came off a bicycle.
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[Conon]

[teuma86]

[teuma86]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

It would be interesting to see what was in place before the Road Traffic (NHS Charges) Act 1999, as the accident I was charged for was in 1991.

Either way, I'd still go with the bicycle story
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Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[The Shaggy D.A.]

[teuma86]

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[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[Wafer_Thin_Ham]

[whitedevil]

Just say it happened off road, private land, trackday etc.
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[Skudd]

Tell them you are Polish.
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[JonnyFoxtrot]

Cheers everyone for the advice, just got back from hospital. Turns out I've separated my shoulder and am generally battered and bruised :/ but still very lucky to be alive so can't complain at all.

Hospital didn't ask too many questions about crash, just areas of damage to me and speed (which I lied and said 70), and I'm not making any claims so hopefully wont hear anything else.

For anyone interested in the crash, I suffered the infamous B1H tank slapper as I was accelerating up a dual carriage way after a roundabout. Clutchless upshifting through the gears, front went light on a bump+upshift, massive tank slapper ensued and started to head towards central reservation, managed to get it back a bit but then it went off slapping violently again, but at least this time headed for the nearside hard shoulder, mounted the grass verge and back end went out and me and bike smashed hard to the ground, I surfed it for a bit and then bike dug in and flew into the ditch and I carried on sliding/tumbling down the road.

Luckily was with about 7/8 mates who were all amazing for me sorting stuff out. Even though they got pissed off that I Refused to stay on the floor as soon as I stopped and raced over to the bike to check damage and get it out the ditch.

Very, very lucky I'm not dead at that speed (if I put the numbers 0,1 and 3 out there, you can probably guess which order they go in) so just got to sit out the mending process!

Guess I should have got that steering damper after all

Pics to come if you want.

Luckily
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