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Hi all,
I was hit today by a car on the regents park outer circle whilst doing my daily circuits for exercise...
Fortunately i think i am ok, i have got some shooting pain in my back and shoulder blade when i crouch at a certain angle but think i have been quite lucky...
I was approaching a traffic island and cycling in the cycle lane when a black toyota prius tried to overtake me and then realised there was a traffic island there and swerved back in to avoid it and in doing so his back end of the passenger side hit me and pushed me off, luckily it was the rear passenger side so avoided being run over by wheels or anything like that...
The next bit i didnt expect... the driver stopped about 30 yards on and then drove off...
Fortunately other cyclists were there and stopped to help me and make sure i was ok and one even chased the car to try to get number plates but was only able to get a little bit..
I feel quite lucky to not have hurt myself more and feel absolutly disgusted that a tosser driver knew what had happened and didnt think to see if i was ok at all...
I went to the police station and filled out the form but i am unsure of what happens from here... I have got names and numbers of three witnesses and i am going to the hospital tomorrow to make sure iv done no serious damage to my back (feels like iv trapped a nerve or something i think..)
All in all im ok but glad i had read over the guidance posted on fgss in case of a crash really helped me make sure i did everything properly...
My bike seems ok too scratched one side tore my saddle and lost some bar tape and scratched the bars and the rear wheel seems to make a slight rattle at the same point of revolution but think it will be ok nothing too bad...
Not the best experince to be honest feel like my confidence is weakened a fair bit dont think ill be comfortable riding at speed for a while...
Ride carefully folks...