I was hit in the cross-walk at one of the busiest intersections in our city during rush-hour morning traffic. Heading westbound from SE corner to SW corner, eastbound right lane can turn right or go straight. When I had the walk signal, I went. BLack SUV goes straight, red sedan waits for me to cross before turning right. Silver sedan in next lane over wants to turn right from the wrong lane, thinks the red sedan is waiting for him. Not to mention silver sedan doesn't see me due to the black SUV. 3/4 the way through the crosswalk, silver sedan cuts between the black SUV and red sedan, hits me right in the bottom bracket area, bike flies about 10 feet and I do a twist/partial flip/faceplant right on the corner. I don't know nor do I care what damage the car sustained but my nice road bike (the only bike I had at the time) was totaled. Front wheel looked like a wind chime, back wheel bent, front drive-train components completely mangled and rear triangle of frame was completely tweaked. New bike time.
I was taken to the hospital by ambulance, sustained a broken nose, broken tooth, severe cut on my upper lip, road rash on chin, and several other minor aches that surfaced over the next couple days. My local hospital didn't even clean the blood off of my face. They made sure my neck or back weren't broken and hadn't suffered any head trauma, gave me a couple percocet and released me within 2 hours. 2 days off of work, and a call to a highly recommended personal injury lawyer around here.
I'm actually going to buy my new bike this weekend. Same bike, mostly same parts (using a little extra cash to get some parts I was going to replace anyway like rack/panniers, etc). They'll have to order my stuff but I hope to be back on the road in a week or so.
I realize how lucky I am to not have sustained worse injury. A slower take-off and I might've bounced off of the guy's windshield instead of a faceplant. Or worse. Also, after reading some of these other stories, I realize how lucky I've been not to have gotten hit sooner.