It was a head on collision; the car came in front of me while I was going about 20 mph (companion and I were racing each other) and the car was going about 10 mph.

I had time to see him pull in front of me but not enough to react. Time slowed way down for me and I had time to think about and notice multiple things that seemed like I wouldn’t have time to do normally (I didn’t think through anything profound, more things like “can I stop”, “can he stop”, “I can’t believe this is happening”), then I got hit.

Bike frame got ruined from the force, I got knee damage that kept me from biking or kneeling for 2 weeks and I needed minor surgery on both knees a few years later, and my helmet got banged up so probably saved me from a head injury.