Case Law

Car pulls out from junction and hits motorcycle filtering past a bus. Driver 100% to blame.

Motorcyclist overtakes stationary lorry at junction and collides with exiting vehicle. Motorcylist entered hatched lines to do so and was also carrying too much speed.

Motorcyclist filtering on offside of two rows of stationary cars collides with car driver. Driver 20% to blame.

Car and filtering moped collide.

Motorcyclist filters past stationary tanker at a junction and collides with vehicle crossing in front. Driver 50% to blame.

Motorcyclist undertakes stationary vehicles and collides with a car. Driver 50% to blame.

Motorcyclist overtaking a staionary queue of traffic when a car does a U-turn. Driver 100% to blame.

Motorcyclist filtering past a stationary tractor and trailer at a junction collide with bus which is turning out. Driver 50% to blame.

Motorcyclist overtakes a row of stationary traffic and collides with lead vehicle which is turning right. Driver 20% to blame (on appeal).

Motorcyclist filtering using opposing carriageway collides with vehicle pulling across his path at a junction. Driver 2/3rd to blame.

Car at crossroads collides with speeding motorcycle. Driver 80% to blame.

Motorcyclist following lorry which suddenly turns left causing motorcyclist to come off and into path of another car. Driver 30% to blame.

Scooter collides with refuge lorry which is turning left at a junction. Scooter rider 100% to blame.

Pillion on motorcycle injured in collision with a car which exited from a junction. Driver 50% to blame

Lorry and motorycle travelling in opposite directions collide as the lorry turns into a minor road. Lorry driver 100% to blame.

A speeding motorcyclist and car collide at a junction. Blame is apportioned 60/40 in favour of the motorcyclist due to causative potency.

Speeding scooter rider overtakes van at junction and collides with a car which cuts the corner and pulls out in front of him.

Motorcyclist injured in collision with motorist after undertaking a stationary bus at a junction.

Motorcyclist collides with car whilst overtaking stationary traffic, the traffic was stationary to allow another vehicle to turn onto the road 

Car collides with motorcycle as it filters alongside a bus which stopped to allow the car to pull out at a junction

Motorcyclist injured in collision on A12 as the car driver in front of him stopped unexpectedly

Motorcyclist collides with car as it pulls out from a car park. Car at fault. Should have seen motorcycle. Motorcyclist above speed limit which contributed to the severity of the collision

Motorcyclist collides with lorry and sustains serious injuries as a result of the lorry crossing its path in a filter lane.

Two motorcyclists collide as the front rider takes a wrong turn into wasteland and the following rider skids in an attempt to stop behind. 

A group of motorcyclists following one another collide as the lead rider misjudges a corner and brakes quickly.

Moped rider collides with car as another car in front turns at a junction 

Motorcyclists injured in collision caused by the debris of another incident on the same road

Motorcyclist injured as a result of the lead motorcyclist in a convoy failing to negotiate a left turn, crossing onto the other side of the road where he was confronted with a car.

Collision between scooter rider and a line of stopped cars. Lorry driving behind fails to stop behind the cars, one of which had a flat tyre, resulting in scooter rider being pushed into the back of the car line sustaining serious injuries.

A group of motorcyclists collide causing fatal injuries as the rider at the front of the group fails to stop behind a van.

Leslie ODonnell was awarded 100% of his damages by a Judge who concluded the causal factor was emergency braking.

A collision occurred between a car in slow moving traffic and a motorcyclist as they overtook the traffic  

Motorcycle and car collide as car turns across the path of the motorcycle following a last minute indication.

Minibus makes a right turn without observing the motorcycle which was overtaking the traffic behind. The collision resulted in partial amputation of the pillion passenger's left arm.

A Police motorcyclist is injured as a car makes a U-turn from a stationary queue of traffic.

Motorcyclist and car driver collide in case of misguided overtaking.

Car collides with motorcycle after attempting to execute a U-turn out of a queue of stationary traffic, the motorcyclist sustained multiple serious injuries including brain damage.

A motorcyclist was in a collision with a pedestrian who emerged from an embankment onto the road and was struck by the left handlebar of the motorcycle.

Motorcycle and pedestrian collide at informal pedestrian crossing. The pedestrian ran over the crossing not allowing the motorcycle enough time to stop and give way to him.

Motorcyclist collides with car at a roundabout where a car fails to take the exit dictated by the lane they were driving in.

Motorcycle and car collide at a 90 degree blind bend on a country road. At the time of the collision, the car was been driven on the wrong side of the road and both vehicles were travelling at approximately 60mph.

A car driver was executing a three-point turn beyond a sharp bend in the road. A speeding motorcyclist came around the bend and was faced with car blocking his side of the carriageway. A collision occurred.

Collision between motorcyclist and an agricultural vehicle on an unclassified rural road where the motorcyclist was found to be at fault.

Motorcyclist injured in incident with large vehicle on a rural road. As the motorcyclist rounded a bend, the lorry came from the other direction, causing the motorcyclist's leg to be struck by the side of the lorry. 

Car and motorcycle collide at a junction as motorcyclist overtakes vehicle on a major road just before the junction.

Motorcyclist injured in collision on rural road involving a 4X4 which pulled out from a field entrance into the motorcyclist's path.

Motorcyclist injured as large lorry blocks bend and forces the motorcyclist to take evasive action to avoid a head on collision.

Motorcyclists sustain serious injuries in an attempt to avoid collision with a tractor.

Motorcyclist collides with car and sustains life-changing injuries when negotiating a left-hand bend at an excessive speed.

In a collision between a motorist and a motorcyclist, the judge rules in favour of the evidence presented by the motorcyclist. 

Motorcyclist injured when colliding with a car making a U-turn. The motorcyclist was found to be 100% at fault due to travelling at excessive speed

Motorcycle collides with a car which was stopped at the side of the road whilst the driver checked directions. 

Pillion passenger injured in motorcycle collision caused by excessive speed on the part of the motorcyclist. 

A motorcyclist was injured in a collision with a tractor pulling a trailer. It was concluded that the motorcyclist was travelling well above the speed limit for this road and thus the motorcyclist was found to be negligent 

Motorcyclist is thrown from their motorcycle following a collision with a car whilst overtaking a bus at an excessive speed. 

Motorcyclist collides with van which moves unexpectedly from one lane to another causing the motorcyclist to brake suddenly and be thrown from his motorbike.

Motorcyclist injured in collision with car which turned across his path while overtaking a line of slow moving traffic

Collision between a car and a motorcycle at a junction due to a misleading indication.

Collision between car and lorry concludes to be the fault of the car driver. 

Motorcyclist collides with motor vehicle as a result of erratic indication by the car driver.

Baker was thrown from his motorbike and sued the manufacturer as the brakes seized up causing the incident. His claim was successful and the manufacturer was found to be 100% responsible. 

A 16-year-old boy was knocked from his moped when turning into his driveway at night by a driver overtaking other traffic at speed with excess alcohol in their system.

Contributory negligence case where car driver was blamed motorcyclist for being partly at fault for a collision where the pillion suffered a brain damage injury.

Car driver travelling at speed hits the rear of a trailer which is across the white line on a bend and collides with vehicle travelling behind.

Motorcyclist suffers serious injuries from a collision caused by losing control of her motorcycle whilst exiting a garage forecourt. She claimed that it was a road surface defect which had caused the 'whisky throttle' effect but this was thrown out in Court.

Car collides with speeding motorcyclist at junction. Driver 25% to blame.

A tractor turning right into a junction collides with an overtaking motorcycle.

A speeding motorcycle collides with pickup and trailer turning right into a farm just after a blind summit.

A driver pulls out of a junction into the path of an oncoming motorcyclist whom she claims she didn't see when she had looked.

A scooter rider and a lorry collide in a tunnel when the lorry stops in a slip lane and activates its flashing beacons.