So like the titlle says iv had my first crash , 3 months into riding . Fortunatley nothing too serious. Bike is wrote off im pretty banged up and off my feet for a few weeks and iv definitley had my moneys worth out of my helmet . Still, nothings broken and il be okay soon enough so ill count my self lucky . So was it my fault ? I was on a A road with a single lane in each direction. I was filtering through stationary traffic on the outside of the lane (kirb side ) at about 15 mph . The car that hit me was travelling in the opposite direction . He made a right turn across my lane toward the small raod on my left side . I didnt see him over the cars untill it was too late and the same for him i guess and He hit the right side of me with the front his car . Took me off the bike , wrecked the bike and banged me up pretty bad . Im not sure how fast he was going but he hit me with some force so imagine quicker than he should of been . That being said iv never been hit by a car so its not like i have anything to compare it too Passers-by phoned for police and ambulance when i was on the floor .speaking to the police later i asked if i was allowed to filter where i was and he said yes . But later on when i asked him who was at fault he said well its going up to the insurance companies because i didnt want to declare an injury to start an investigation but the way he saw it it was 50/50 because i was filtering . Im willing to accept theres more i could of done to avoid it i should of treated the turn like a junction when i seen space in the cars . That being said i would of thought because i was travelling in my lane in the right direction and he came across my lane and hit me. Then surley he is at fault if filtering isnt a problem. I dont know if he just didnt want to deal with it or im just getting carried away because i think hes at fault an after explaining it to my insurance company they think im not at fault.
