Roundabout Accident
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I had an accident at a roundabout just under a year ago.
The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
Alltrack said:
I had an accident at a roundabout just under a year ago.
The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
Oh dear. It appears that you moved to the nearside without checking that it was safe to do so. Learn from your mistake and move on.The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
Alltrack said:
I had an accident at a roundabout just under a year ago.
The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
Was the roundabout signposted for right hand lane for straight ahead? No? Then suck it up, buttercup.The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Myself and the third party exchanged insurance details and my car was repaired.
I received a letter from my insurance company yesterday stating that they regard the as my fault.
They have dashcam footage from the third party showing me turning across the path of the third party leaving him with no way to avoid the collision.
They don't seem to take into account that he should have given way to me as I was already on the roundabout.
I have asked for a copy of the dashcam footage but my insurance company is using the excuse that it shows other people's registration numbers then it is breaching data protection?
Is this worth challenging because I fail to see how this is totally my fault.
Alltrack said:
I had an accident at a roundabout just under a year ago.
The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
You admit that you entered the roundabout in the wrong lane, your rationale being that there was queuing traffic in the correct lane, you turned across someone that was in the left hand lane without the lane being clear, how can it not be your fault? Just because you're signalling, it doesn't mean you can do as you like.The roundabout was fairly small.
I intended to go straight ahead - leave at the second exit.
Because of queuing traffic in the left hand lane, I entered the roundabout in the right hand lane.
Halfway around the roundabout, I signaled left to exit.
A few seconds after that I was struck in the rear passenger door by another vehicle.
The people in my car have told me that the vehicle that hit me was attempting to enter the roundabout from the left and then turn left on the exit I was taking as well.
Depends on relative positions and speeds more than route you took round the roundabout. Not something we can easily tell from a written description. It could have been either or both of you at fault. You'd probably get a pretty good idea of who was liable by looking at dashcam footage if you had some...
eybic said:
You admit that you entered the roundabout in the wrong lane, your rationale being that there was queuing traffic in the correct lane, you turned across someone that was in the left hand lane without the lane being clear, how can it not be your fault? Just because you're signalling, it doesn't mean you can do as you like.
As far as I know it is perfectly acceptable to use the second lane to go straight ahead at roundabouts.For clarity, there were markings for two lanes on the entrance to the roundabout, no markings on the roundabout itself and none on the exit.
Funk said:
Post a link to the roundabout on Google Maps, let's take a look.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1991182,-1.59915...I was going south on the A429
Edited by Alltrack on Tuesday 6th February 12:24
Alltrack said:
Funk said:
Post a link to the roundabout on Google Maps, let's take a look.
https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@52.1991182,-1.59915...I was going south on the A429
Edited by Alltrack on Tuesday 6th February 12:24
Alltrack said:
AllyBassman said:
Doesn't mean you should too?
Learn from it and move on i'm afraid.
I've certainly learnt from it.Learn from it and move on i'm afraid.
I'm just puzzled as to why he thought it was OK to enter the roundabout when I was already on it.
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