GEORGE6712
New Member
I was involved in an RTC where I turned across the path of a motorcyclist who collided with my car. He was taken to hospital and suffered serious but not life threatening injuries and could not give a specimen of breath due to the nature of his injuries. I have subsequently been charged with driving without due care. I asked the officer dealing with the case whether a blood sample was taken from the injured motorcyclist at the hospital for analysis. He said he did send an officer but by the time he got there some pain relief had been administered and because of this no sample was taken. I have spoken to one of the authorised laboratories for the blood/alcohol analysis for England and Wales and they have confirmed to me that pain relief should not inhibit the taking of the blood sample and would not affect the analysis. Could you confirm that a sample should have been taken and that the administration of pain relief should not affect the test.