In May 2010 on a hot, bright sunny Sunday morning I was riding my Yamaha XJ600 along the main road, a lovely bike, bright red with headlights on when a woman in Nissan Micra pulled out from a side road on the left and smashed into the side of my bike.
My bike was written off and so was I, nearly.
I sustained cracked ribs, boken collar bone, broken clavicle and major tissue and muscle loss of my lower left leg, I was rushed to A&E where I spent time in intensive care and high dependancy. I was then transfrerred to a specialist hospital where I received restorative surgery and skin grafting. I was off work for 3 months and was seeing various medical professionals for over a year after.
The great thing is I contacted SorryMate after hearing an advert on a rock radio station, I didn't want to use my insurer's services as they happened to be the same insurance provider for the other party in my accident so I suspected a conflict of interest would occur.
The representative from SorryMate came to my home and stayed in contact from start to finish of my insurance claim, when I was well enough to attempt a return to work I was unable to operate a manual car due to my left leg so SorryMate got me an interim payment that allowed me to buy an automatic car, I received a further interim payment when I was struggling to pay bills due to only receiving sick pay for 3 months. I now have my compensation in full thanks to SorryMate, I strongly recommend any rider contact them if you are involved in an accident , they work 100% for you and your recovery.
I would also like to mention that if I hadn't been wearing a very good helmet, leather jacket, reinforced trousers and proper boots and gloves I might not be writing this now!