Fatal Accident Claim motorcyclist killed when slow moving dumper truck pulled out in front of him
13 February 2009
The deceased was killed when riding his Yamaha YZF-R6 motorcycle along a straight section of road near Market Deeping, Lincolnshire. The Barholm Road lies beside the extensive Tarmac Precast Concrete Works at Tallington. Due to the nature of the works, large slow moving trucks regularly emerged onto the Barholm Road, which connects to the A16.
On the 12th of May 2006, the deceased, a 43 year old business man, was riding along the Barholm Road, when a DAF 4-axle Rigid Goods Vehicle (the truck) passed the works exit and drew onto the road. The truck was moving at less than 5 mph, and moved across the road, taking up the majority of both carriageways, intending to turn right, against the direction of travel of the motorcyclist. At the time of the collision the truck wholly blocked the road. It is likely that the truck driver’s manoeuvre, from leaving the work’s exit to its final position across the road, took some 3 seconds, covering a distance of 8.6 m.
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