We are a firm of Lawyers dealing solely with personal injury claims. If you have been involved in a road accident with a motorcyclist or if you are a motorcyclist and you have been involved in an accident with another vehicle, you may be eligible to make a claim for compensation. Accidents involving motorbikes are quite common unfortunately. Such accidents can be caused in a variety of ways including when unsuspecting drivers change lanes when a motorbike is approaching, opening a car door onto an oncoming motorbike, etc…
An overtake manoeuvre should only be done when it is safe. Some roads do not permit overtaking at all. Motorbikes often overtake motor cars especially when there is traffic but even when there is no traffic. If a motorbike attempts an overtaking manoeuvre when it is not safe to do so, causing an accident, then a right to claim may arise.
Say for example a motorbike overtook your vehicle and in doing so collided into the side. In this scenario it does at face value appear that the motorcyclist is at fault. On country roads overtaking is more of a problem. I often see dangerous overtaking manoeuvres performed on country roads. These roads are often problematic due to blind bends and narrow lanes. Equally drivers become frustrated if they are in slow traffic, such as when they are behind slow moving lorries or tractors. On country roads vehicles are constantly looking to overtake. On these type of roads, dangerous overtaking manoeuvres are performed more frequently.
If an overtakeing manoeuvre goes wrong then the potential consequences are death and serious injury. It could lead to a major head on collision for example. On country roads speed limits are often set at the National Speed Limit (60mph). Some roads and bends are restricted to 30mph, 40mph or 50mph. Overtaking when you cannot see a clear stretch of road is obviously very dangerous. A vehicle could be approaching from the opposite direction. It only takes one mistake or lack of awareness and a major accident could occur.
If you have been involved in a road traffic accident which was not your fault then you may be entitled to make a claim – so get in touch.
