I was travelling along the A350 near Shaftesbury along a nice bit of road with good weather conditions when all of a sudden a van pulls out of a side road and joins the road ahead of me, then smack! I couldn't avoid the back of it.
I thought about going around it but the road curved to the left ahead so I couldn't see what was coming and I thought it best to go into the back of something than head-on in to who knows what. I did try and come across the left and try and get close to the curb but there wasn't enough space.
Injuries are a broken wrist and one of the bones that goes to me thumb is also broken.
The police, ambulance etc turned up including an air ambulance for some reason which then left.
Here's some pics of the carnage.
I was the black arrow - can pulling out in red.
This is the only damage to my leathers... where my knee hit something.
This is the view from the junction where he pulled out from - good view isn't it.
The air ambulance...
Here's the back of the van
I'll get some pics of my bike up later. Basically he said he didn't see me coming but there was a car behind him who is my witness who saw me coming and agreed the van driver was in the wrong.
I'm not sure how bad the damage to my bike is, things that are in a million bits are front mudgaurd, headlight. My bars are twisted, brake clutch lever, master cylinder, mirror's etc.
My right hand crash bung is bent back instead of the right hand of my bike which is good. My radiator is broken.
I'll have to wait and see what a garage say about my front wheel, forks, frame etc.
Oh - Speed limit was 50 and I was actually doing that as we were coming up to a bend and a junction.
Anyway - that's about it.
