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Damien M. Cross
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Now, I live in the U.S., so I'm not entirely familiar with the rules and regulations concerning insurance and accidents in Great Britain. However, I would say that if you have contact information from any witnesses to the accident, your best bet would be to contact the police and explain the situation to them. Unfortunately, if they weren't called at the time of the accident, there may not be anything they can do.
If you have a description of his vehicle and his license plate number, the police may be able to help you file a report, simply based on the fact that your car has rear end damage while his would have front end damage.
But, there is always the possibility that they won't be able to do anything, simply because they weren't called at the time of the accident.
I wish you the best of luck and would recommend that, if you are ever in another accident, you make sure you get the other drivers insurance information on the spot, as well as insist upon calling the police in order to file an accident report. |
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Emmarose
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Tell the police. He is acting outside the law. They will be able to trace him from his phone number |
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Sydney P
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I had exactly the same a few months ago,don't panic your insurers will do it all. |
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melly
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contact the police with his details, they will vivit him at home and take things from their
good luck |
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tyson
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go to the police |
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ANF
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Contact your insurance company with every detail and they will pursue him. Also report the accident to the police as in law you are supposed to do so though no one ever does. If you can photograph the damage to your car you will have a record to show the police. The insurance company will do most of the important things as the other driver must in law give you his details. I only hope that he is not dodging the issue because he has no insurance.
Have a happy Christmas. |
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jjn333
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Go to the police and inform your insurance.
If he denies it - how did you get his telephone number!!!!
Pity you have no witness - have you? or 2 can play that game!!!
Get that sod!!!! |
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Deedee
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hi there exactly the same scenario happened to me and it was a neighbour so I knew their address but regardless of this your insurance company can run a check on the registration and put in a claim for you to their insurance. Some insurance agents may not know that they can do this but insist on it. |
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dazzii
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always ask for details at the time, now you need to go to the police , do you have any witnesses, let your insurane know asap |
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MICHAEL P
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Contact the police asap ... particularly if you suffered any whiplash as it then involved personal injury. There is a chance ( actually a big one ) that this guy is not insured so the police will be very interested. I really suspect this guy has no insurance so you must act now. |
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Leu
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I can't really add too much that has already been said - but I would advise everyone to keep a disposable camera in their car - so any events such as an accident you can take photos of the position of the vehicles and the damage, if any.
Any disputes arising can be often sorted out by this sort of evidence a long with witnesses.
Such evidence can then be passed onto the police if situations like this occur. |
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cliffie
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your first mistake was not getting his information at the seen,
plus trying to be a good person and work things out without involving your insuance companies.
in most states it is the law to surrender all id, insurance. etc.
it appears you have some information, so contact him, let him know that you are contacting the police due to by law he is required to surrender ins, etc info to you andby law you can
charge him with hit and run, he should bend if not tell him to think about it, ive 1-3 hrs to call you back or the police will be given his info and they will find out the info you need and could arrest him for hit and run or failure to surrender all info needed.
good luck |
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fred405
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Yep this often happens when the cost finally hits the guilty driver. Mine was a ram from behind on my Honda Goldwing motorcycle that wanted to settle and when I politely told him the approx cost of £3500 - £4000 him his attitude changed. His only legal contact with you is in fact to inform you of his name and address. Your insurance company should then do the rest. Hopefully you are fully comprenhesive covered or at the least have legal protection
Personally I would at the least report that accident to the police. They are likely to not want to know unless someone was injured but ask that it be placed on record as you might have been suffering headaches since the accident and there might be an injury present that you were perhaps unaware of.
Good luck |
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bert
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As said before, give details of the other vehicle to your insurance company, they will sort things out for you, they see this sort of thing all the time, good luck to you ! |
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champer
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Just to clarify things for the UK. His (and your) legal obligations were to 1] Stop, 2] Give name, address and registration number, 3] Give insurance details if anyone was injured.
Thankfully, it looks like no-one was hurt, so No. 3 doesn't apply.
You need to inform your insurers immediately, and be guided by them as to whether they want you to report this incident to the police. If they do, the police are unlikely to do anything (if only because the report should be made within 24 hours) but at least you'll have a report number to satisfy the insurance company. Then the insurers will get on with tracing this clown.
Having said that ,when a silly little girl ran in to me a while ago I did call the police, although not legally necessary. At least then both of us were breathalysed, and I was assured that the details were obtained and checked by them before being passed on to me.
Good luck. |
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16 seconds in
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Did you get his Registration Plate Number?. I cannot understand why YOU agreed to a 'private' payment for repairs at a £1,000. At that cost , it's the insurers that would pay. Sounds very dodgy to me. Someone is telling 'Porkies' don't you think? Unless YOU have nothing to hide , take this matter up with the Police at first instant. If you were 'Fully Comp' , your insurer will do the repair. |
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hill bill y
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call the law and report it |
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Wassup
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Get all the details together, contact DVLA for registered user, and call the police! |
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marvin_422002
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As everyone else has said:
Call your insurance company, given them every piece of information you have.
Then call the police and tell them the same. They may in due course give you a reference number to give the insurance company.
Do not fall into the trap of blaming yourself for what you did not do at the scene.
There is nothing wrong with giving the other person the chance to do things privately. And there is nothing wrong with setting the dogs on him if he fails to act honourably.
You are in the right here. |
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IDGAS 101
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call the police and see if you need to fill out an accident report before you contact your insurance company. they may want a copy of it. |
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domme me
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the police is a possibility
if he will not exchange details it is no longer a civil matter, it is a legal matter.
on the other hand, you could go to your own insurance company with all the details (i hope you have name of driver and reg number, at least)... they will deal with the other driver and get the authorities involved if needed
you were foolish to agree to do it privately.
Luckily, as he hit you in the rear, the insurance company will automatically assume he is at fault anyway, and you will have no problem with your claim |
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Scouse
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Put it in the hands of your insurance company they will know if it is insured or not and by who they will know the keeper and if it has an MOT and Road Tax
Hope you are fully Comp.
I think the back panel is damaged and it will cost about £1000 to fix. I had a similar accident about 5 years ago, when a neighbour ran into me. The damage looked as though it could be fixed for about £20 |
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debbie
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It sounds like this driver could possibly have no Insurance....Inform the Police.
My advice to anyone involved in a Road Traffic Accident no matter how big or small the bump is call the police to the scene at the time of the event.
There are too many people on the roads with Un Insured or MOT'D vehicles or even NO driving Licence(drink drivers spring to mind)
I think any Law Abiding person who was at fault wouldnt mind sharing their details...The chap you are dealing with might just have something to hide.
Good Luck
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Bartdude
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Just report the matter to the police, give them the details of him failing to provide insurance details and then report the matter to your insurance company. Sounds to me like he did not have any insurance which probably means the car is not registered in his name, you might get lucky but I doubt it. |
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Harry Callaghan
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Give all the information you have to your insurance company and let them deal with it. |
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Paul D
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contact the police and get them to sort it sounds like he trying to be a naughty boy |
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arpybarpy
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You should go to the police with the car details and any witness details x |
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Sir Bobby`s Hairdresser
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Ring the Police, it is an offence not to give your details. |
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Dee Cee
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Write/call your own insurers. They can check with the DVLA who the other vehicles registered keeper is. They can also check on the insurance computer who the insurers of the third party are and they can make a claim of them.
So first point of call now is your own insurance company. |
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