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Witnessed a pretty bad motorbike accident this morning. Bloke on an SV650 went over the front of a Toyota Corolla. He was awake and talking but his back and left leg started hurting as the adrenaline wore off. I stayed for about 30 mins whilst police arrived and took details.
Probably 60:40 on the bike. He overtook me, on the wrong side of a traffic island doing 35-40 (in a 20) about 5 seconds before the crash. The driver was Uber I think and had dropped off a passenger and was rejoining the road going in the opposite direction. A lorry had let the driver go across him and the bike didn't see until it was too late and couldn't slow down. Reckless from both parties.
He was lucky he hit the front of the car at an angle and went over the bonnet rather than side on otherwise I think it would have been much worse.
Hope he's on the mend soon. Fingers crossed it's a learning moment for both.