Pages On: Motorcycle Accidents
Motorcycle accidents are extremely dangerous. Motorcyclists are already vulnerable road users, and as such are at great risk of injury from poor road conditions, weather events, and other vehicles. Motorbikes are very manoeuvrable, and as such, can maintain high speeds even in high traffic. These means that if road users aren’t paying attention, they can very quickly injury a motorcyclist, with a high chance of it being fatal.
Motorcyclist Injured in Collision With Bin Lorry
Posted: 21 March 2016
Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A motorcyclist has been seriously injured after colliding with a bin lorry in a crash in a road traffic accident in Glasgow. The incident occurred at 4:15pm on a Saturday, which led to emergency services treating the motorcycle driver at the scene. He was then taken to the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital for treatment. In a case which highlights the danger of being a vulnerable road traffic, the bin lorry-driver and two passengers on board escaped injury, with only the motorcyclist suffering major injuries. Police Scotland are still carrying out…
Read MoreRise in Number of Glasgow Road Traffic Accident Deaths
Posted: 6 July 2015
Posted in: Bicycle Accidents, Car Accidents, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
Road deaths in Glasgow have risen dramatically with a fivefold increase in the number of incidents in the city in the last year. In 2013, four people were killed in the city; however 2014 saw 19 people lose their lives on Glasgow’s roads. Worryingly, the rise in the number of deaths on roads is not only in Glasgow but across Scotland with the latest statistics showing an increase from 172 fatalities to 200 over the same period across the rest of the country. The figures include the six people who…
Read MoreLearner Motorcyclist Awarded Over £340,000 for Losing Leg
Posted: 16 June 2015
Posted in: Leg Injuries, Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
A learner motorcyclist who lost his leg in a road traffic accident has been awarded £341,000 after he collided with a milk tanker on a road in Dumfrieshire. Adam Wagner was 17-years-old when the incident occurred in 2009. The crash led to the young learner driver having his leg amputated below the knee. The driver, who was on a Honda motorbike at the time of the incident, took legal action against the reckless driving of the milk tanker and his employer, ARLA Foods. 40% of the Blame Court of Session…
Read MoreMotorcyclist Dies Following Crash on Rural Road
Posted: 4 May 2015
Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents, Wrongful & Accidental Death
A motorcyclist has died following a crash on a rural road on the A85 between Loch Awe and Taynuilt. The crash occurred just before midday and came off his bike as a result of the incident. The road was shut for six hours as a result of the crash. A Police Scotland spokeswoman said: “A 34-year-old man has died in a road traffic accident on the A85 in Argyll.””He appears to have come off the road on his motorbike.” It is unknown if the incident occurred as a result of speeding…
Read MoreMotorcycle Accident Compensation
Posted in: Motorcycle Accidents, Road Traffic Accidents
The trend may be downwards on motorcycle accidents, as The Herald reported in May 2013. However the fact remains that your are very much more likely to be involved in a serious or fatal accident as a motorcyclist than you are as a car driver, pedestrian or pedal cyclist. The overall number of motorbike accidents in Scotland fell by more than 20% over two years, from 1037 in 2009 to 827 in 2011, although motoring experts believe this has been partly driven by a decline in leisure motorbiking, reflecting the…
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