Car Accident - Legal Advice

kerryman10

Hi.

I recently was involved in a traffic accident and I'm not sure who was at fault.

I was driving on a narrow country by-road and was taking a right turn off the road onto another narrow cul-de-sac when a car came from behind and hit into the side of me. I saw my turn late so didn't have time to signal right.
The other drivers argument was that I didn't indicate right but isn't the other driver supposed to keep a safe distance behind me?

Who is at fault in this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

theteal

kerryman10 wrote: »

The other drivers argument was that I didn't indicate right but isn't the other driver supposed to keep a safe distance behind me?

Who is at fault in this situation? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

pretty much this. you wouldn't exactly be blameless here but I couldn't see you losing based on the your description of the incident

McCrack

Both parties in my view, one more so than the other.

uriah

I was involved in an accident like that decades ago. I went to overtake a tractor which turned right without indicating just as I was overtaking him.
His insurance company paid up.

mitosis

You ought not overtake at a junction. OP, you are not in the wrong. Other fella is.

uriah

mitosis wrote: »

You ought not overtake at a junction. OP, you are not in the wrong. Other fella is.

Straight stretch of road with minor road off to the right?
You cannot turn right off the road without checking your mirror and indicating your intention to turn off.
You cannot turn suddenly into the path of an overtaking vehicle.

These are country roads we're talking about - many unlined.

kerryman10

Thanks for the replies. Alot of people I talk to say that the other driver is to blame but at the time I thought I was to blame. The other driver is expecting me to pay for her damage but as we are both to blame I propose that we pay for damage to our own vehicles.

Thanks again guys:)