Basically got an interview at the police station tommorow.
I was caught up in the middle of a 3 car accident but was luckily the only one who didnt get hit suprisingly.
Basically i was coming down a main A road, and indicated to turn right, there was a set lane, clearly marked out which you pull into to turn right, allowing for traffic behind you to pass freely, and you wait in the turning lane until on coming traffic has cleared so you can turn right into the road.
Ive been using this road/junction/turning for the last 18 months with no issues.
Today i approached the lane to turn right, when a vauxhall zafira mpv newer shape being driven by a middle aged man, pulled out quick, he spotted me, slammed on his brakes, stopping in the middle of the road, he then got t boned by a passat coming from the opposite direction, right next to my drivers door, it made one hell of a bang, the passat was going some, all that happened was i got showered with the glass and debris of two cars, i panicked and pulled left, didnt even check my mirror or anything just initial instinct to move out the way, as i did, a car coming from behind me swerved, hit the embankment span out and took out a road sign.
So some old guy has pulled out, got t boned at about 60mph by a passat, and ive caused someone to take evasive action and they have span out into a roadsign pole.
The guy who i caused to spin out wasn't injured and wasn't too bothered and he could see the reasons why i took evasive action, im just glad the passat didn't swerve to avoid the zafira because he would have hit me head on, and i was doing about 20 - 30 as i braked for the lane, as the older guy pulled out, and bang, happened so quick, i didnt know what to do, where to go, who to go to, another car came tanking up the road and nearly took out the guy i caused to spin out and ended up spinning out himself and ended up facing the wrong way on the wrong side of the road.
The zafira driver is in critical life threatening condition in hospital, the passat driver broke a leg, an arm and has facial injuries because he wasn't wearing his seatbelt, the other guy is ok was just shook up, basically the police are coming to interview me tommorow about what happened.
I don't really know what to say other than it was the zafira guys fault, he went to pull out and didnt look left and see me, he only saw me after id approached the turning lane, he panicked, stopped and then got t boned by the passat, and then obviously i swerved to avoid being part of the sandwich and caused a car coming in the opposite direction to spin out?
Could i be in trouble for causing the other car to crash? Or will it all be nailed on the zafira driver, at the minute, myself, the passat driver and another witness all blaming the zafira driver and all said he pulled out without checking left, blocked the road and caused an unavoidable accident.