• Court judgement today:

    HGV at that junction is straddling first two lanes, rider comes up inside and is struck by the turning truck/ Liability on the cyclist placed, maybe unreasonably, at 30%

    http://thecyclingsolicitor.blogspot.co.uk/2016/08/the-law-for-cyclists-injured-or-killed.html

    HHJ Raynor found the driver to be 70% liable and the cyclist 30% at fault. He said the following in deciding the portion of blame to allocate to each party:

    Para 53 Although the Claimant was, as I have found, guilty of
    negligence, in my judgment the major share of the responsibility for
    the accident must lie with the Defendant. The causative potency of the
    HGV is highly significant in assessing apportionment given the
    likelihood of very serious injury to a cyclist in the event of a
    collision. The Defendant turned across the path of the Claimant when,
    had he exercised reasonable care, the collision would have been
    avoided. His was a potentially very dangerous machine, as he knew, and
    I find the appropriate apportionment of fault for the Claimant in this
    case to be 30%, and her damages will be reduced accordingly.

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