A dored - Car Dooring, Being Doored, "Given the Door"

good luck!

Was casually cycling down Hereford Rd, W2, near Chepstow Rd, when a navy blue car's driver decides to not look back whilst opening his door.

Google Maps Streetview of where the accident took place:
http://goo.gl/maps/ZqRAo

This then results in me coming into full contact with the door, leaving me on the ground, bike on the opposite side of the road and two other cyclists (one was my mate) stopping.

The man claims it was his fault, which it totally was, because he "didn't look". This was my first time to be doored, and I tell you, it sucks!

The impact had taken a toll on my bike in many ways:

• Front wheel is bent
  
• Brake caliper is bent/broken/un-usable
  
• Fork is completely bent
  
• Stem has cracks
  
  

Link to picture of my broken bike - http://i.imgur.com/P1tbx.jpg

And for me:

• Left shoulder is sore
  
• Neck received a long cut across from contact with the top corner of the car door.
  
• Cuts and grazes on knee and side of which I landed on.
  
  

And lastly for the driver:

• An un-closeable car door.
  
  

We exchanged details (and the witness too, thanks for that) and parted ways.
I dropped my bike off at home and went straight to the hospital with my mate.
Checked in at St. Mary's A&E at around **6pm **and left at 7pm.
Luckily there was no bone fractures in the X-ray results, so I was pretty lucky!

Still feeling some pain on my left shoulder :(
Hoping for a speedy recovery!

Ty

... and hopefully the last. Bad luck mate, hope that shoulder sorts itself out.

@Fairfarm

Thanks! :)

Does anyone have any advice into how I can claim some money off the guy that doored me?

I have two witnesses who are willing to back me up :)

solicitors we like thread, first one on the list

I'm sure there's a load of legal eagles/vultures who are willing to advise you. Good luck.

^^this. assuming you're not a British Cycling member.

also i assume you mean primarily for the bike parts but you should get some sort of write up of your pains and cuts from the hospital.

also did any if the witnesses other than your friend witness the guy admit it was his fault? if not then what he said at the scene could be different to what he says when a claim is on the cards

and heal up, ride safe

@OneLessCardigan

The other cyclist (witness) was with us the whole time, he took a picture of the car, shared details and left.
I didn't say anything else to the guy who doored me when the other cyclist (witness) left.

And thanks for the help guys!

Very much appreciated! :)

heal up man.. I have a spare fork you can borrow if needed? And a front wheel.

Ooh nasty one, Tyroe! Glad you're still with us, as dooring can be catastrophic. I've got a lot of sympathy for the shoulder business, as I'm still recovering from surgery after my off. Hope you GWS.

Pursue it for compensation, as they've done wrong, you;re injured and you're out of pocket. Probably worth reporting it to Police as well, since it is an offence.

@Dmayn91

Thanks for offering D, I don't really ride as often as I used to during the summer, so it's cool bro you keep em :)

Ride safe

@clarion

You get better soon too! :)
I'll report it to the Police soon, and pursue for compensation after haha!
Thanks for the advice!

@OneLessCardigan

I didn't get any notes from the hospital because the person examining me had another job to do.
I was left waiting in a cubicle for 40mins, thinking that someone would come back to give me some results.
I then asked someone, and they said that I was able to go home and I had no fractures, just cuts and bruises.

solicitors we like thread, first one on the list

do this, they will do all the work for you

oh. well if you end up going through a solicitor they will be able to get hospital notes from your name and date of going to hospital, with your consent. even if noone at the hospital gave you any info they will definitley have recorded your visit and whoever examined you will have logged something

Consider yourself lucky, one of my uni friends got doored a couple of weeks ago, clavical broken in 4 places!

Having said that I hope you do well out of the compensation.

It would obviously be wrong to go back to the hospital and complain of lack of movement...

Just been doored. Taxi passenger inside. I was going slow. opened door about a metre from me . Pavement roll, cut knee. Feeling slightly miffed, had to share.

You were between taxi and gutter?

Or actually on pavement?

HYTCT?

It's not uncommon for nearside taxi doors to be opened when they're a long way from the kerb.

Anyone know if I'm right in thinking it's the driver that's liable for any damage/injuries rather than the passenger?

It's not uncommon for nearside taxi doors to be opened when they're a long way from the kerb.

Anyone know if I'm right in thinking it's the driver that's liable for any damage/injuries rather than the passenger?

For cases of negligence then the driver's insurance will cover any damage done by passengers as well as the driver.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20732883
http://www.lfgss.com/thread70232.html

The question was whether the driver caused a death through an act that, while lawful, was grossly negligent because he had allegedly failed to consider his duty of care to other road users. The jury concluded that Mr Aydogdu was not guilty of this offence.

     After the verdict, Keith Harding, Sam Harding's father, said:  "The man concerned was not driving his car, it was in the park mode, so  it doesn't fall into categories of careless driving [or] dangerous  driving. 

     "There is a gap, a real gap in the law, which I strongly hope  my son's death will not have been in vain and will help to fill that  gap."]

This is a good idea:

"But there has to be education too. In the Netherlands, they teach people to open a car door with their opposite hand - so if you were in a right-hand-drive car here, you would reach over with your left hand. That means your body turns and you look over your shoulder."