Scotstoun driver left motorcyclist with broken back after crash

Anna Faulds-Robertson, 32, struck William Morrison, 21, with her Ford KA car in Glasgow's Scotstoun on September 16, 2025.

Glasgow Sheriff Court heard how Mr Morrison had approached a roundabout outside the nearby sports centre in his Lexmoto LXR 125.

He told the court in his evidence: "I started to accelerate and realised there was a car coming from the left side.

"I thought 'this car wasn't stopping'."

Prosecutor Jeremy O'Neill asked him: "Is it safe to say that you collided with the vehicle?"

Mr Morrison replied: "Yes."

When asked what happened when the car collided with him, Mr Morrison replied: "One second I was braking and the next second I was on the ground, that's as much as I can say."

Mr Morrison stated that he was given help by a man passing by in an NHS van.

He stated that audit manager Faulds-Robertson came over and apologised to him.

Mr Morrison was taken to hospital and found to have suffered a broken vertebra and fractured his left wrist.

He underwent surgery and was fitted with a back brace which was worn for 10 weeks.

Mr O'Neill asked Mr Morrison what speed he was travelling at and he replied: "I started accelerating, if I was to guess it was around 20 miles per hour."

Richard Freeman, defending, asked Mr Morrison if he could have been going faster than 20 miles per hour.

He replied: "Possibly, I don't know how fast I was going."

Faulds-Robertson, of Scotstoun, was found guilty of causing serious injury by careless driving.

She was disqualified from driving for 12 months as well as given the fine by Sheriff Vincent Lunny.