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Motorcycle Accident Claims in the North West

From the Cat and Fiddle to the Lakeland passes, the North West packs serious riding into a small area. Find out what you may be able to claim.

Specialist Support for the North West Riders

The North West is an unusual mix. It contains two of Britain's densest urban riding environments in Greater Manchester and Merseyside, where the risks are junctions, filtering and drivers who do not see bikes, and within an hour it turns into the Peak District fringe, the Trough of Bowland and the Lake District passes, where the risks are entirely different: gradient, surface, weather and sightlines. Riders here often do both in a single day. The region also contains some of the most heavily ridden, and most notorious, roads in the country, and a claim arising on one of them can attract a familiar and lazy assumption that the rider must have been at fault. That assumption is not the same thing as evidence.

If you've had an accident in the North West, we can connect you with specialists to handle your motorcycle accident claims in the North West. See also our support for motorcycle accident claims in Manchester and motorcycle accident claims in Liverpool.

Areas covered in this region:

  • Greater Manchester (Manchester, Salford, Bolton, Stockport, Oldham)
  • Merseyside (Liverpool, Wirral, St Helens, Southport)
  • Lancashire (Preston, Blackburn, Blackpool, Lancaster)
  • Cheshire (Chester, Warrington, Macclesfield, Crewe)
  • Cumbria and the Lake District
Outline map of the North West England boundary, with the North West city centre marked. the North West
North West England boundary. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Common Local Accident Hotspots

Specialist solicitors handle numerous claims from riders injured on notoriously dangerous local roads.

A537 Cat and Fiddle, Macclesfield to Buxton (Repeatedly ranked among Britain's higher-risk roads for riders)

Frequent site for motorcycle collisions in the North West.

A683 and the Trough of Bowland (Narrow, fast rural routes popular with riders at weekends)

Frequent site for motorcycle collisions in the North West.

A591 through the Lake District (Heavy tourist traffic mixed with sustained bends)

Frequent site for motorcycle collisions in the North West.

Hardknott and Wrynose passes (Extreme gradients, hairpins and a frequently poor surface)

Frequent site for motorcycle collisions in the North West.

Manchester and Liverpool inner ring roads (Dense junction and filtering collisions)

Frequent site for motorcycle collisions in the North West.

Replacement Bike Options

If the accident wasn't your fault, specialists can often deliver a like-for-like replacement motorcycle to your door in the North West.

Learn about our replacement motorcycle service
Local Information

FAQs for the North West riders

Information relevant to pursuing claims in your area.

A road's reputation is not evidence about your crash. Liability is decided on what actually happened, using the same evidence as anywhere else: the vehicles, the road, witnesses and any footage. Do not assume you have no claim because of where it happened.

Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire, Cheshire and Cumbria. If you are in one of the major cities, the Manchester and Liverpool pages go into more local detail.

It can make it harder to evidence, which is why photographs and any camera footage matter so much on upland routes. It does not automatically prevent a claim.

Where a road defect contributed, there may be a route to a claim against the authority responsible for maintaining it. These claims have their own evidential requirements, including the size and nature of the defect.

Where the accident was not your fault, riders can often arrange a like-for-like replacement while their own machine is off the road, with the cost pursued through the other side.

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