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Hi all,
Was in an accident on Monday 17th February at around 9pm - a little hazy on the details due to shock so could have been a little before or after - heading southbound on Webber Street behind the old Vic, Waterloo. A car pulled out in front of me from Gray Street on my right to go straight across to Chaplin Close on my left. He's basically seen the gap between the cyclist in front of me (about two cars lengths) and gone for it. I pulled on the brakes but could not stop in time (wet conditions) and collided with the reinforced pillar between the front and back door on the passenger side of the car, taking full force on my shoulder and badly dislocating my clavicle.
I was taken by ambulance to hospital where I was told I would likely require surgery, tuesday this was confirmed by appointment to a consultant at the hospital and on wednesday I had to undergo keyhole surgery with the insertion of a plate and hook into my various shoulder parts to pull the bones back together and an overnight stay in hospital. It hurts.
In my view the driver is at fault, he has been ringing me since the accident but I have been in so much pain, in and out of surgery, or groggy from pain killers that I have not answered yet, and to be honest I have not had the courage to be bothered to given all the other stress.
Today is the first day I have a slightly clearer head. What do you think I should do? Do I need to speak to him? I have his contact details and address but no insurance details, he told me not to worry as he is fully insured. I have yet to hear from the police but I believe it takes 10 days to process the incident and assign a case worker. I have two witnesses - one who saw the accident and another who would have seen the position of the car in the road and where I fell. What are my options here do you think? I would like to pursue this as involved in an accident in the same area a year ago and, despite the driver being found at fault by the police, I didn't pursue. I haven't taken the bike in yet for a check up but it was a pretty hard crash and am concerned to use it after two significant crashes (it got the all clear last year).
Anyway thank you all for your time, I of course realize there may be some threads (and have perused a few) that can answer my questions, this is simply to sound out ideas and also to see if anyone saw the incident.
Thanks,
S