{"id":15767,"date":"2014-05-26T18:10:32","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T18:10:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/?p=15767"},"modified":"2015-08-13T11:42:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-13T10:42:21","slug":"bike-collision-accidents-advice-from-the-injury-lawyers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theinjurylawyers.co.uk\/injury-lawyers-blog\/2014\/05\/26\/bike-collision-accidents-advice-from-the-injury-lawyers\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike collision accident advice from The Injury Lawyers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Now that we’re well and truly in the warmer months of the year, more and more of us are digging out our bicycles and motorbikes now the winter months have passed so we can enjoy the freedom of riding in the great outdoors once more!<\/p>\n

With the seasonal increase in bikers on the roads, together with the general increase in recent years in people taking to bikes as an often more healthier and cheaper mode of transport, we see claims on the rise.
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Bikers are sadly more statistically at risk of being in a collision on a road thanks to drivers failing to spot them<\/strong>. Of course, bikers can often be to blame as well, but a lot of is down to them being difficult to spot. Injuries are often more serious given the lack of protection a bike can offer when compared to a car.<\/p>\n

With the increase in accidents comes the increase in claims; as a cyclist in a non-fault accident, you have every right to make a claim for personal injury compensation<\/a> from the insurers of the driver at fault. The claim pretty much works in the same was as any other collision – if the circumstances show that the driver was to blame, you ought to make a claim.<\/p>\n

Common Bike collision accident claims include:<\/h2>\n