Victim calls for scooter insurance

Chloe Crawley-Snowdon was driving her 92-year-old grandmother home when the elderly scooter rider lost control of the battery-powered vehicle and shot into the road.

The 22-year-old saw the scooter suddenly swerve off the pavement in front of her and, as she braked sharply, she was hit from behind by another car.

The impact wrote off her Nissan Primera and Miss Crawley-Snowdon was left with agonising whiplash injuries which forced her to take a week off work.

Luckily, her grandmother was unhurt in the crash in Wath-upon-Dearne, near Rotherham, which happened as they were on their way home from lunch.

But as mobility scooter drivers are not required to carry insurance, Miss Crawley-Snowdon has so far been unable to claim for either her injuries or the car, which belonged to her father and was worth about 1,600.

She said: "I was in complete shock but I was more concerned about my gran.

"She is elderly and she was sitting next to me.

"I feared the worst but amazingly she was fine."

Miss Crawley-Snowdon managed to walk from the wreckage of the Nissan but, two hours later had to be taken to hospital.

"I had a week off but I've still not fully recovered," she said. "Because the scooter owner wasn't insured I can't claim from him and I've lost money by not being able to work.

"I think it's disgraceful that these vehicles aren't covered by some sort of insurance. You see more of them now than you ever did years ago."