Absolutely not my fault!

splishsplash

Where would you have reversed to? Is this the road? The main road has a filter lane for the right turn with a clear view of the narrow part of the road - why would you turn in when you must have seen the van?

I think you should invest in a dashcam.

ETA: Also, why did you have your handbrake on? Why did you turn in then stop dead and put your handbrake on?

I would be concerned that you have had three accidents recently. All three seem to have been totally avoidable. I mean no offence, I would be genuinely concerned. Have you had eyes/blood sugar/ blood pressure checked lately? Mightn't be a bad idea..

Kim_kim

angrycrow wrote: »

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You mean by these bollards, you should have waited and let him through.

The traffic would grind to a halt, cars squeeze past each other all day on that road.
Just not by the bollards, he forced me to stop there.

angrycrow

Thanks for confirming.

This will be a fault accident. Please follow the helpful advice given on your other thread by more than one poster that you need review your current driving practices before you have a fourth accident or you will find the insurers will price you off the road.

Kim_kim

splishsplash wrote: »

Where would you have reversed to? Is this the road? The main road has a filter lane for the right turn with a clear view of the narrow part of the road - why would you turn in when you must have seen the van?

I think you should invest in a dashcam.

I turned right into it.
The van seriously put his foot down, we should have both been able to pass just past the bollards (before to him).
I was a few foot closer to the bollards than the little dark car, there was enough room for me to reverse back - if the car behind me was happy to, but he might not have been as it would have pushed him into the main toad.
But he didn’t give me a chance to do anything, he drove into me. He was in such a rush. Like I said had he admitted he drove into me, I’d have let it go, I guess it was a works van & maybe he’d get in trouble so wouldn’t admit that.

Why on earth did he give me a fake number.

DCFC79

Kim_kim wrote: »

Why on earth did he give me a fake number.

Its what people do to avoid you ringing him but he be traced by the reg number.

Kim_kim

I’m no expert but I know that a car that hits a stationary vehicle is at fault.

splishsplash

Can I ask exactly where you were when the crash happened? Were you at the white topped bollards? Before or after them? At the black bollards? You don't have to answer, I'm just trying to get my head around how it happened.

angrycrow

No you are not an expert and a van that hits a stationary car is not automatically at fault.

You have been given good advice by several people on two separate threads about three fault accidents in the last 6 months.

You can simply assume we have no idea what we are on about and carry on as you are. I hope you manage not to have anymore accidents but I think it unlikely.

Alternatively you can consider the advice and act on it.

You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink so I am out. Good luck.

Kim_kim

splishsplash wrote: »

Can I ask exactly where you were when the crash happened? Were you at the white topped bollards? Before or after them? At the black bollards? You don't have to answer, I'm just trying to get my head around how it happened.

I was alongside the bollards (the tipped bollards). hence why There wasn’t enough room to pass, I couldn’t edge on the pavement anyway - he could have.
There isn’t enough room for anything but two small cars to pass for much of that road, but one car/van goes up on the pavement a little to pass. It wasn’t a crash as such, we both stopped, me alongside the bollards, him just outside them. I literally thought “for gods sake, couldn’t you have given me 3 seconds to get past this bit” (it tends to be a one at a time in and out on that section. And the next thing he starts edging towards me, I knew there wasn’t enough room, but I dare not open the door and jump out to stop him as I might have got injured. When he hit me, he reversed back a couple of foot.
It happened so quickly, he didn’t give me time to reverse - I had a car pull round behind me anyway after I pulled in, but I just didn’t get a chance to do anything.

Kim_kim

angrycrow wrote: »

No you are not an expert and a van that hits a stationary car is not automatically at fault.

You have been given good advice by several people on two separate threads about three fault accidents in the last 6 months.

You can simply assume we have no idea what we are on about and carry on as you are. I hope you manage not to have anymore accidents but I think it unlikely.

Alternatively you can consider the advice and act on it.

You can take a horse to water but you can't make it drink so I am out. Good luck.

Today was not my fault, I got stuck in a narrow passage - I had a van behind me and a van that drove into me, while I was stationary.