After a violent bicycle fall, he attacks the Metropolis of Rouen for poor road maintenance

Robert* made a Violent falling bike. And he intends to charge the Metropolis of Rouen for that. Wednesday May 7, 2025, the Rouen administrative court returned to a request from this retiree filed following an accident on May 26, 2021 in The Côte des Essartsin Orival (Seine-Maritime). He requests compensation from the metropolis for a lack of maintenance of the road.

Head trauma and loss of consciousness

This famous May 26, 2021, Robert descends the departmental road 132 by bike, better known as Essarts Coast. It connects the municipalities of Orival and Grand-Couronne. In his descent, he fell violently into a turn.

According to the public rapporteur of the administrative court, Robert underwent various injuries as well as a head trauma who led to a loss of consciousness ”. At that time, the firefighters had decided to transport the cyclist to the Elbeuf hospital center.

He requests compensation from the metropolis

According to Robert, it is Bad road maintenance Departmental, of which the Metropolis of Rouen is in charge, which caused its accident. He therefore asks a compensation for 3,894 euros in intercommunality For his damage as well as 1,200 euros for trial costs.

The Rouen-Elbeuf-Dieppe Primary Health Insurance Fund also claims a reimbursement to the metropolis of 281 euros. But the community does not hear this ear. She rejected this request, which gives rise to the judgment to the administrative court.

“The state of the roads” is not for nothing, according to the court

According to the rapporteur of the court, ” defects From the road to this location are relatively modest. ” Clearly, a few holes 3 to 5 cm wide at most could have been noted.

In addition, these holes were at the time of the accident “clearly visible because of the erasure of the marking painted on the ground”, continues the rapporteur. The accident has also occurred “in broad daylighton a road that [Robert] knows well since she is a few kilometers from his home. ”

Then, “in these circumstances, it is not the state of the road which is the decisive cause of the fall, butFailure to pay attention [du retraité, NDLR] When he got off, ”concludes the rapporteur.

Consequently, he asked the court to reject Robert’s request and to prove the metropolis of Rouen. None of the parties was represented by a lawyer at the hearing. The case has been deliberated and the decision will be known soon.

*The first name has been changed.

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