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Sfuandtired · 2024-04-22T20:48:30+00:00

Dd 17 has collided with a car tonight whilst riding her bike, she was crossing the road and from what I can make out didn’t see the car turning, she hit the car with her wheel leaving a dent and was thrown over the handle bars banging her head on the window, the driver got out, asked if she was ok, took her name and phone number, then said he was late for work and drove of! Dd has since had a text saying she will be sent a bill and bank details for the damage to the car! WWYD?

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:23

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:20

Police. Tell them the driver collided with a child and left the scene of the accident without informing the emergency services. Your DD is injured and can probably claim for compensation. You certainly don’t have to pay a penny.

Or if you don’t want to claim compensation, just send a message saying he collided with a child and left the scene, so he’ll be in trouble but you don’t wish to pursue it. Then block him.

You don’t know that. You don’t know what happened. Her daughter was either on the wrong side of the road or cycling on the pavement. If she was cycling fast and then crossed a road without looking and without giving a driver a chance to see her approach and react, then she goes into the side of them… then the guy doesn’t deserve the police threat.

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:23

MBappse · 22/04/2024 22:15

Err...she's on the main road, he's turning into it? = His fault.

@MBappse

if the diagram is correct, she's cycling on the wrong side of the road. She hit his door. He didn't hit her.

TheRainItRaineth · 22/04/2024 22:23

If she was in a cycle lane on the pavement, there may have been a give way sign at the part where the cycle lane intersects the road. That's what they are like where we are. A give way sign means she should have slowed down or stopped to check her way was clear.

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:26

midgetastic · 22/04/2024 22:16

He was driving a car - she could easily have been killed that's why - he wasn't paying enough care if his large heavy vehicle hit someone

He also drove off - he hit a person and drove off !

@midgetastic

II/HE DIDNT HIT HER!!

SHE cycled into his side panel!

BellsAndFootfalls · 22/04/2024 22:26

Just report it to the police and stop communicating with him/block him. Does she know the registration and make/model? Check with your home insurance tomorrow. He'll have insurance to cover the damage, he did leave the scene without contacting the police. Sounds like he collected no evidence, he'll have a very hard time pursuing legal action against a child for a dent.

Priority number one is to make sure DD is ok

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Sfuandtired · 22/04/2024 22:26

Dd was on the pavement, crossing over to the other side of the road, she said that there was quite a large hedge so they possibly both didn’t see the other, do you think I should make contact with the driver or block him?

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Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:27

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:23

You don’t know that. You don’t know what happened. Her daughter was either on the wrong side of the road or cycling on the pavement. If she was cycling fast and then crossed a road without looking and without giving a driver a chance to see her approach and react, then she goes into the side of them… then the guy doesn’t deserve the police threat.

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It’s irrelevant whether the child caused the accident. The driver had a collision with a child - he is required to call the police. By not doing so he is at fault.

The matter has to go through the driver’s insurance, even if he didn’t cause the accident. His insurance has to pay for his repairs, the child doesn’t pay a penny even if it was their fault.

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:30

Sfuandtired · 22/04/2024 22:26

Dd was on the pavement, crossing over to the other side of the road, she said that there was quite a large hedge so they possibly both didn’t see the other, do you think I should make contact with the driver or block him?

So she admits that she actually cannot see what is coming, but still remained at speed and went into the road? Only to find herself in the side of a car?

And she would have known that no one could see her approaching so if she continued at speed, they wouldn’t know she was coming until she was right on them.

This really is her fault. I cannot see how a driver could have avoided her if they were slow/stopped and she was approaching a blind corner at speed, illegally cycling on the pavement and not stopping to look before crossing a road.

Why was she cycling on the pavement? My 12 year doesn’t cycle on the pavement. What if a pedestrian was walking up towards the junction and rounded the corner of the hedge?

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:30

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:20

Police. Tell them the driver collided with a child and left the scene of the accident without informing the emergency services. Your DD is injured and can probably claim for compensation. You certainly don’t have to pay a penny.

Or if you don’t want to claim compensation, just send a message saying he collided with a child and left the scene, so he’ll be in trouble but you don’t wish to pursue it. Then block him.

@Stigglet

no no no

he did NOT collide with a child.

How do you think his side panel did that? Cars drive forward not sideways.

SHE hit HIM

Given he was in the side road there's no way this is not her fault. It's not possible to be his fault!!

TheRainItRaineth · 22/04/2024 22:30

Unless there was a cycle lane on the pavement, she shouldn't have been on it. It is still technically illegal.

caringcarer · 22/04/2024 22:30

midgetastic · 22/04/2024 22:16

He was driving a car - she could easily have been killed that's why - he wasn't paying enough care if his large heavy vehicle hit someone

He also drove off - he hit a person and drove off !

He checked she was ok then exchanged phone numbers. That's not driving off without stopping.

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:31

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:27

It’s irrelevant whether the child caused the accident. The driver had a collision with a child - he is required to call the police. By not doing so he is at fault.

The matter has to go through the driver’s insurance, even if he didn’t cause the accident. His insurance has to pay for his repairs, the child doesn’t pay a penny even if it was their fault.

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A 17 year old is not a child, and he would have no way of knowing as she could look like a fully grown adult, she didn’t identify herself as a child or ask for help or anything. She shouldn’t have been on the pavement, she shouldn’t have continued at speed towards a blind corner, she shouldn’t have entered the road without looking and she bloody well shouldn’t have cycled into the side of a stopped car.

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:32

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:23

@MBappse

if the diagram is correct, she's cycling on the wrong side of the road. She hit his door. He didn't hit her.

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It doesn’t matter. If a cyclist collides with a car the police need to be called. If the driver fails to call the police then he is at fault. Not at fault for the collision but at fault for not taking the appropriate legal steps after the collision. He will get in trouble for not calling the police. Doubly so because the other party was a child.

hazandduck · 22/04/2024 22:33

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:31

A 17 year old is not a child, and he would have no way of knowing as she could look like a fully grown adult, she didn’t identify herself as a child or ask for help or anything. She shouldn’t have been on the pavement, she shouldn’t have continued at speed towards a blind corner, she shouldn’t have entered the road without looking and she bloody well shouldn’t have cycled into the side of a stopped car.

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Sorry to say I totally agree with this. Your DD was at fault here and I would want compensation for damage to my car if someone rode in to the side of my car tbh! Especially if she doesn’t obviously look like a child he might’ve mistaken her for older. I do hope she’s ok though and learns from this.

midgetastic · 22/04/2024 22:33

It's driving off after injuring someone - he is legally required to inform the police

caringcarer · 22/04/2024 22:33

If your DD rode her bike into his side panel clearly he didn't hit her. She must have rode into him sideways. If your DD caused the accident she'll have to pay for the damage. Clearly it was just an unfortunate accident but she really shouldn't ride on the path.

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:34

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:30

@Stigglet

no no no

he did NOT collide with a child.

How do you think his side panel did that? Cars drive forward not sideways.

SHE hit HIM

Given he was in the side road there's no way this is not her fault. It's not possible to be his fault!!

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There was a collision between his car and a child. Who caused the collision is irrelevant - he is legally required to call the police.

hazandduck · 22/04/2024 22:34

midgetastic · 22/04/2024 22:33

It's driving off after injuring someone - he is legally required to inform the police

He didn’t hit her though, she rode in to his car? Would it still be him having to report it if he was parked?

YaMuvva · 22/04/2024 22:35

Sfuandtired · 22/04/2024 22:26

Dd was on the pavement, crossing over to the other side of the road, she said that there was quite a large hedge so they possibly both didn’t see the other, do you think I should make contact with the driver or block him?

sorry OP but she should not have been cycling on the pavement and she should have been looking where she was going. I’ve nearly hit a cyclist on a pavement that way because they bolted out of nowhere - and no they don’t have a right of way on the pavement you’re coming out a junction.

It’s a bit shit that he has to pay for damage someone else caused. However because we don’t know if he also wasn’t looking I’d call him and offer to go halves.

Please take her to hospital just to check her head.

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:36

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:34

There was a collision between his car and a child. Who caused the collision is irrelevant - he is legally required to call the police.

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Can you show that law please? Because I know plenty of little collisions like this which didn’t involve the police, especially when it’s kids riding their bikes into stationary cars and putting themselves over the bonnet out of sheer stupidity.

neilyoungismyhero · 22/04/2024 22:36

MBappse · 22/04/2024 22:15

Err...she's on the main road, he's turning into it? = His fault.

She's on the wrong side of the road

SBHon · 22/04/2024 22:36

Sfuandtired · 22/04/2024 22:26

Dd was on the pavement, crossing over to the other side of the road, she said that there was quite a large hedge so they possibly both didn’t see the other, do you think I should make contact with the driver or block him?

She should pay then.

Why was she cycling on the pavement in the first place?

And why did she cycle out into the road without fully knowing what she was cycling into! I’m glad she’s ok.

YeahComeOnThen · 22/04/2024 22:36

Stigglet · 22/04/2024 22:34

There was a collision between his car and a child. Who caused the collision is irrelevant - he is legally required to call the police.

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That wasn't either the question nor your original response

DoreenonTill8 · 22/04/2024 22:36

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:30

So she admits that she actually cannot see what is coming, but still remained at speed and went into the road? Only to find herself in the side of a car?

And she would have known that no one could see her approaching so if she continued at speed, they wouldn’t know she was coming until she was right on them.

This really is her fault. I cannot see how a driver could have avoided her if they were slow/stopped and she was approaching a blind corner at speed, illegally cycling on the pavement and not stopping to look before crossing a road.

Why was she cycling on the pavement? My 12 year doesn’t cycle on the pavement. What if a pedestrian was walking up towards the junction and rounded the corner of the hedge?

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This it's ridiculous, especially the ones shrieking about "HE HIT A CHILD!!" She was at fault, cycling on the pavement, went out into a road without looking, but yep, because she's on 2 wheels she's automatically 'in the right'?!
4 wheels bad, 2 wheels good?

YaMuvva · 22/04/2024 22:36

WarshipRocinante · 22/04/2024 22:31

A 17 year old is not a child, and he would have no way of knowing as she could look like a fully grown adult, she didn’t identify herself as a child or ask for help or anything. She shouldn’t have been on the pavement, she shouldn’t have continued at speed towards a blind corner, she shouldn’t have entered the road without looking and she bloody well shouldn’t have cycled into the side of a stopped car.

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The word ‘child’ on MN seems to be interchangeable, usually based on sex, a 17yo girl is a child and I’ve seen a 15yo boy described as a young adult 🙄