Hit a bicycle with my car - what do i do??

Quentin

Velcro_Hotdog wrote: »

I'm not a doctor, if he says he's fine then I will take his word for it. Unless it's clear that his leg is falling off and he clearly isn't fine.

The rta doesn't require you to have any medical qualifications over this.

It simply states that rtas where injury is involved must be reported!

Nothing said by the third party at the scene relieves you from that.

GwylimT

If I were you I would give the police a call and explain what happens, in the past people have been accused of hit and run in these cases, I would give the insurance a call just to warn them as well.

dtaylor84

Aretnap wrote: »

The requirement to report doesn't apply though if the OP showed his/her insurance certificate (not the same as giving the name of the insurance company) at the scene (actual law). It's possible (in theory, not in practice) to have a fatal RTA without involving the police.

Actually, it appears you only need to report it in that case if someone has required you to produce it (i.e. another party involved in the accident).

alidai

thanks for all of your replies / discussion

I've contacted the police and reported the incident (over the phone), all of my details and the details of the accident were recorded and i was given an incident reference number.

I was told that its now in the system for when it's needed to claim against.

vaio

dtaylor84 wrote: »

Actually, it appears you only need to report it in that case if someone has required you to produce it (i.e. another party involved in the accident).

nah, I think the request for production and actual production removes the need to report

If nobody asks or if someone asks and you don't produce then you need to report

RTA 1988 s170 (5)

magpiecottage

Velcro_Hotdog wrote: »

The cyclist agreed he was fine and they both left. To me that means he was fine and I wouldn't report it.

And if he goes to hospital later they will report it to the Police. He has a photo of the OP's number plate and the police have access to the DVLA database.

So they will then want to know why it was not reported.

spacey2012

If you knock anyone over in a ton and half of metal car, you should call 999 and let the paramedic diagnose the patient.
Internal bleeding is silent, invisible, painless and fatal

pvt

magpiecottage wrote: »

So they will then want to know why it was not reported.

And the answer will be "because the cyclist told me he was OK"

spacey2012 wrote: »

If you knock anyone over in a ton and half of metal car, you should call 999 and let the paramedic diagnose the patient.
Internal bleeding is silent, invisible, painless and fatal

Well why wouldn't that also apply to driving your ton and a half of metal into the back of someone else's ton and a half of metal. It would be perfectly reasonable to assume the other driver is OK if the other driver said "I'm OK". But they could have whiplash, or something that starts hurting a couple of hours later.

And would calling 999 also apply to anyone who you see fall off their bike by accident too? The Ambulance Service are going to be overjoyed with lots of 999 calls from people saying "this guy seems OK, and says he's OK, but you'd better come check him over".

I may be in a minority here, but I'm with Hotdog on this.

magpiecottage

pvt wrote: »

And the answer will be "because the cyclist told me he was OK"

And the response would be "if that is true, why did he end up in hospital?"

Well why wouldn't that also apply to driving your ton and a half of metal into the back of someone else's ton and a half of metal. It would be perfectly reasonable to assume the other driver is OK if the other driver said "I'm OK". But they could have whiplash, or something that starts hurting a couple of hours later.

And would calling 999 also apply to anyone who you see fall off their bike by accident too? The Ambulance Service are going to be overjoyed with lots of 999 calls from people saying "this guy seems OK, and says he's OK, but you'd better come check him over".

I may be in a minority here, but I'm with Hotdog on this.

I agree that you need not call an ambulance if there is no apparent reason to suppose a serious injury = but if another person is involved in the accident (as opposed to just property) it is unwise not to let the Police know it has happened.