Pedestrian hit by a car?!

Adly812

I was out running, and at a stop junction, a car came whistling round the corner at a unreasonable 20mph on the approach. She never stopped despite me screaming STOP and frantically waving my arms for ten metres before she hit me. She was obviously looking left for a car and not looking ahead to see I'd already committed to crossing as no car was approaching when I crossed. She hit me and I rolled over her bonnet and she pushed me into the road. Long story short. I have suffered bad bruising, grazes, scrapes, ligament knee damage and I'm in PAIN. Police breathalysed her and she was fine. I went to hospital and after being discharged I faced a hefty taxi bill, not to mention a parking ticket on my vehicle overstay where I'd parked.

Is there any ways I can claim expenses for this, off her insurance or her? Please advise me my rights ?

pinkshoes

Were you wearing headphones and listening to music?

I'm confused how you had time to stop, shout 'STOP' and wave your arms.

20mph = 9m/s so the car would have take just over one second to reach you 10 metres away.

A car is only 2 metres wide, so if you had kept running at say 7mph, surely the car would not have hit you as you would have travelled over 3 metres in this time.

Your only hope is a witness, and if you were wearing headphones, then forget it. Perhaps be grateful the car owner doesn't charge you for scratches in the car...

heatherw_01

You saw a car coming and waved stop and then crossed anyway?

lincroft1710

Smb3088 wrote: »

I was out running, and at a stop junction, a car came whistling round the corner at a unreasonable 20mph on the approach. She never stopped despite me screaming STOP and frantically waving my arms for ten metres before she hit me.

Why did you stand in the road waiting for her to hit you, couldn't you have got out of the way?

You can claim for expenses caused by the accident.

rich13348

It seems odd that you had plenty of time to stop, look, recognise they weren't stopping, shout stop and wave your arms. If you were out for a run could you not have run in either direction to avoid the oncoming car?

You could appeal the parking ticket as it is technically a medical emergency.

Maybe next time don't stop in front of a moving car and wave at them. Car vs human never ends well. Unless you are The Hulk or The Thing. Or at a push Iron Man.

boliston

Have you got a streetview link so we have an idea of the junction?

Aylesbury_Duck

Hm. I know this is a motoring forum, but amidst all the moral arguments and physics analysis, isn't the onus on the driver not to drive into a pedestrian?

OP, if the police attended, what did they say? Did you get the driver's details? If so, contact her insurer, explain what happened, that the police were called and you required a trip to hospital. See what they say but I would have thought that you are entitled to any out of pocket expenses at the very least. If you have had knee ligament damage formally diagnosed and requiring treatment/physio, etc then the insurer should deal with that too.

AdrianC

Yes, you can claim from her insurance. Whether your claim will be paid or not is another question. The others raise some valid questions. You had time to assess her speed, and wave at her as she travelled a couple of car lengths - yet no time to get out of the way. This could easily be viewed as a contributory factor. It could also be viewed as not entirely credible.

If you want any sensible advice, you'd do well to put an annotated google map up, showing where you first saw this car and where you were when you were hit.

AdrianC

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

Hm. I know this is a motoring forum, but amidst all the moral arguments and physics analysis, isn't the onus on the driver not to drive into a pedestrian?

Yes, it is. Clearly, they failed at that.

There's the exact same onus on ALL road users (foot, pedal or motorised) to avoid impact with other road users wherever possible.

facade

Highway code rule 170:

watch out for pedestrians crossing a road into which you are turning. If they have started to cross they have priority, so give way

There is no rule about giving way to pedestrians crossing a junction that you are emerging from, so presumably you can simply run them over???

Or maybe they should not cross in front of you?

Johno100

Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »

Hm. I know this is a motoring forum, but amidst all the moral arguments and physics analysis, isn't the onus on the driver not to drive into a pedestrian?

How about not running out in front of vehicles?

I still remember this from primary school and it's still sensible advice even 40 odd years later.