BORING: Declaring an accident within 24 hours

[Renn Sport]

So...

A 'friend' may have lowsided his bike over the weekend. No one else was involved. He then went about working out if the bike was repairable without involving the bd insurers.

The long and short of it is that the bike requires a lot of work so its time to call the insurers.

Can I... I mean 'he' get into bother that he hasn't declared the accident within 24 hours?

Seems more like a guideline rather then a rule.

Anyone clued up?

[Renn Sport]

Aha..

Probably thinking of that.

[Renn Sport]

I guess it comes down to not trusting the insurance industry. They seem to want to wangle out of everything and as such, this situation is being approached cautiously.

The accident happened. We looked at the bike and thought its a straight forward repair. In calculating the costs it seems too much to do alone so it has to go through the insurers, with a real posibility of the bike being written off.

Just a shame.

[Renn Sport]

Rick101 said:

My understanding is you only need to inform police if you have damaged infrastructure/property.

Ok well then its cool as thankfully no one was involved and no property was damaged other then the bike itself.

Thanks guys.