Van driver jailed after motorcylist suffers 'life-changing injuries' in crash near Godalming
The head-on collision happened on Petworth Road in Wormley
Last updated 5th Mar 2021
A man is behind bars after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving following a crash in a village near Godalming.
61 year old Adam Harbatowski, of no fixed address, was jailed for a year after pleading guilty to causing serious injury by dangerous driving.
It is after the van he was driving crashed into a motorbike on Petworth Road in Wormley on the evening of 16 November 2020.
It left the motorcyclist with serious life-changing injuries, including multiple fractures to his leg as well as facial fractures.
Police say witnesses reported seeing the van on the wrong side of the road and weaving across the carriageway before colliding head-on with the motorbike.
Harbatowski was sentenced at Guildford Crown Court on Wednesday (3 March) - he has also been disqualified from driving for four years, with the requirement to take an extended test.
Detective Constable Phil Haffenden from the Serious Collision Investigation Unit, said: "Harbatowski was seen driving dangerously prior to the crash on the wrong side of the road for just under a mile.
"This resulted in the motorcyclist being left with serious life-changing injuries. This tragic incident has had a huge and detrimental impact on the lives of both him and his family.
"I would like to thank the members of the public who stopped and provided first aid to the rider, as well as for providing statements which led to Harbatowski pleading guilty."