Accidents involving a driver pulling out a junction from a minor road on to a major road are extremely common. The right of way is on the motorist proceedings on the major road. The driver emerging from a side road must give precedence to anyone on the road they are trying to merge on to.
These accidents are very common for motorcyclists. It’s a lot easier to spot a vehicle on a major road, whereas it may not be so easy to spot a motorcyclist who is much, much smaller in size. Although the majority of motorcyclists wear reflective clothing and have Modulating Headlights which catch the eye of drivers as the flash, some drivers still fail to look out properly for motorcyclists.
The sorts of injuries motorcyclists generally receive can be fairly serious. Hitting a vehicle emerging from a side road will likely cause you to be thrown from your bike with a large amount of force. We represent a lot of motorcycle accident victims here because we specialise in these sorts of personal injury cases. Broken bones and head injuries are very common, and very worrying.
So what are your rights if a driver pulls out of a side road in to your path? Well they are likely 100% liable for the accident so you can make a claim for any injuries and losses incurred, as well as for damage to your bike.
Because we specialise in road accident cases like this, we have a tailored service to suit your needs. Here is what we can do:
- Visit you at home or in the hospital if needed to discuss how we can represent you for your claim.
- Arrange for private medical care right from the start of the claim that we will claim from the other side. Don’t worry – you don’t have to pay anything up front. It’s all recovered at the end of the claim.
- Arrange for an interim payment from the insurers as soon as possible. This is a part payment early before the claim has settled to help you out financially whilst you are off work and, I imagine, losing earnings.
We will fight for the maximum amount of compensation you are entitled to receive. Because we only represent accident victims for compensation claims, we have a bespoke service and decades of experience in knowing how to get the highest payouts possible for our clients.
Give our free claims helpline a call on 0800 634 75 75 for advice today.
