Hitting Diesel - Came off
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Hi
So last week I was riding to work, making the most of the nice weather.
Coming down from Constitution Hill, and around the roundabout outside Buckingham Palace.
My front wheel hits diesel and I go over hard on my left hand side.
7 stitches in the knee, 3 on the other side, road rash up the left hand side of my body and moderate concussion. I am back to A&E tomorrow, as I have a point on my ankle that I cannot touch without exceptional pain.
I was lucky, no car hit me, and a passerby got me and the bike off the road.
He said he saw the incident, and I had hit diesel and been wiped out. (I hit the road hard enough I have wrenched round the right hand brake / gear lever)
Sure enough, I have diesel on one side of my brand new and was spotless KTM (blood over the other).
I had not considered claiming, but I am coming round to the idea.
I don't think I will cycle to work again - as I never realised how painful it would be to come off. Let alone the amount of damage I have done to myself.
Who owns the road? Should I expect to be able to cycle on that stretch without hitting diesel? Should I man it up and assign it to bad luck?
Any advice?
So last week I was riding to work, making the most of the nice weather.
Coming down from Constitution Hill, and around the roundabout outside Buckingham Palace.
My front wheel hits diesel and I go over hard on my left hand side.
7 stitches in the knee, 3 on the other side, road rash up the left hand side of my body and moderate concussion. I am back to A&E tomorrow, as I have a point on my ankle that I cannot touch without exceptional pain.
I was lucky, no car hit me, and a passerby got me and the bike off the road.
He said he saw the incident, and I had hit diesel and been wiped out. (I hit the road hard enough I have wrenched round the right hand brake / gear lever)
Sure enough, I have diesel on one side of my brand new and was spotless KTM (blood over the other).
I had not considered claiming, but I am coming round to the idea.
I don't think I will cycle to work again - as I never realised how painful it would be to come off. Let alone the amount of damage I have done to myself.
Who owns the road? Should I expect to be able to cycle on that stretch without hitting diesel? Should I man it up and assign it to bad luck?
Any advice?
Sounds nasty and I hope you heal but I don't think making a claim for compensation is going to be easy as you will struggle to find the party responsible. If it was early morning it's most likely a bus that's been filled above the max, there is a 270 deg cambered corner in Bristol that's leathal in the morning for this reason but in your case there's no proof it was a bus.
Sadly I think it's just bad luck but don't let it stop you cycling to work.
Sadly I think it's just bad luck but don't let it stop you cycling to work.
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 22 September 14:04
The only advice I can offer is :
1. Pay attention to the smell in the air on the approach to corners - Diesel has a distintive smell.
2. Try to predict where diesel would potentially spill - outside of a corner for example, and avoid that line.
3. You can sometimes see the colourfull sheen from diesel on a wet road, but not easy.
1. Pay attention to the smell in the air on the approach to corners - Diesel has a distintive smell.
2. Try to predict where diesel would potentially spill - outside of a corner for example, and avoid that line.
3. You can sometimes see the colourfull sheen from diesel on a wet road, but not easy.
unfortunately lifes not fair sometimes.
The person to blame is the person driving the vehicle which the diesel came from. Doubt you'll be able to find them.
The only way I can see the highways to be at fault is if the diesel spill was reported to them and they didn't sort it in the timescale that they are meant to.
The person to blame is the person driving the vehicle which the diesel came from. Doubt you'll be able to find them.
The only way I can see the highways to be at fault is if the diesel spill was reported to them and they didn't sort it in the timescale that they are meant to.
Thanks for all the replies.
I will leave it alone, and focus on finding and thanking the people who helped me to hospital.
It was very early, sun was not over the skyline, and I could see nothing.
Typically, this was the first time I used the road, and not the cycle lane.
I will from now on avoid the outside of corners!!!
Alas, I am no longer allowed to cycle to work.
I will leave it alone, and focus on finding and thanking the people who helped me to hospital.
It was very early, sun was not over the skyline, and I could see nothing.
Typically, this was the first time I used the road, and not the cycle lane.
I will from now on avoid the outside of corners!!!
Alas, I am no longer allowed to cycle to work.
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