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I still have scars from one of many such encounters... a few years ago being far from the kerb, nowhere near the crossing, and a very large lump darting in front of me. I literally bounced off the person, and got pretty knocked by it, and they shrugged and grunted at me.
I had already slowed down because of a car moments earlier, but the force the pedestrian accelerated their body to cross the road was enough to damage my kneecap.
I would have been going slower had it been a crossing. Since it wasn’t, there needed to be some other excuse why i was at fault whenever I recounted the event to someone.
pdlouche
I had an accident where a ped ran out at a crossing where I had a green traffic light. They were shocked and bruised, I had to have an op on my knee. I don't really want to rehash it but you're on the right track. They were put in the ambulance and I was questioned and breathalised before the policeman realised I had a pretty bad injury and was only walking and talking because of the adrenaline.
My own conclusion as I lay in the ambulance was wishing I had been going a bit slower and a bit further from the kerb. I would normally have been.