Are you obliged to report a minor non injury accident ?
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DAMAGE ONLY ACCIDENT
If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property only damage to ones own vehicle.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
The law has been complied with.
But if damage to others vehicle, property then:
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
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If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property only damage to ones own vehicle.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
The law has been complied with.
But if damage to others vehicle, property then:
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
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Edited by Dwight VanDriver on Saturday 1st September 08:58
Dwight VanDriver said:
DAMAGE ONLY ACCIDENT
If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
The law has been complied with.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
dvd
How can you have a 'Damage Only Accident' when the first criteria is no damage? Or does that mean you've knackered your vehicle but everything else is undamaged?If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
The law has been complied with.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
dvd
In the OP's case - his car is incapacitated and the other (possibly damaged) car drove home - so would this 'damage only accident' cover this scenario?
mmm-five said:
Dwight VanDriver said:
DAMAGE ONLY ACCIDENT
If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
The law has been complied with.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
dvd
How can you have a 'Damage Only Accident' when the first criteria is no damage? Or does that mean you've knackered your vehicle but everything else is undamaged?If you:
Sustained no damage to the other parties vehicle or property.
Stopped at the scene of the accident.
If requested gave name and address, name and address of the owner and particulars of the vehicle.
The law has been complied with.
If details not given then obligation to report as soon as possible and in any case within 24 hours to the police.
S 170 (as amended) Road Traffic Act 1988.
dvd
In the OP's case - his car is incapacitated and the other (possibly damaged) car drove home - so would this 'damage only accident' cover this scenario?
If you hit your garden fence post in your car causing damage to either, there is no need to report.
If you hit someone else's garden fence post in your car damaging the post, if you haven't exchanged details, you must report to Police.
Edited by vonhosen on Saturday 1st September 09:23
vonhosen said:
It means that there is no damage to a 3rd party vehicle or property.
If you hit your garden fence post in your car causing damage to either, there is no need to report.
If you hit someone else's garden fence post in your car damaging the post, if you haven't exchanged details, you must report to Police.
Ta, understand now!If you hit your garden fence post in your car causing damage to either, there is no need to report.
If you hit someone else's garden fence post in your car damaging the post, if you haven't exchanged details, you must report to Police.
a car went into the back of me while i was stationary,actually geting out to see what he was flashing at and making his mouth go,ther was minor damage to my vehicle but his was more damaged,he got out of his car and said sorry for hitting my vehicle,i am a mechanic by trade so the damage could easily be repaird on mine,i said to him stop pissing abut this time of the morning early am.right bottom line no major damage to mine him admiting liability no one hurt both went on our way.2 weeks later plods nocking on my door cautioned me for leaving scene of accident no one hurt no witnesses,went to court i got fined £43 and five points on my licence,dont forget he hit me,still pursuing damages from me.this is a total mockery of the law (BE WARNED TELL THE PLODS STRAIGHT AWAY THEY WILL NOT BE BOTHERED BUT IT MIGHT SAVE YOU 5 POINTS
My wife was involved in a non injury accident, not her fault but the OP, who caused the accident by dangerous driving was untraceable to us (although a little bit of detective work may well have discovered who it was). I called the Police, they could not have been less interested...... ;(
Edited by catso on Monday 3rd September 23:24
catso said:
My wife was involved in a non injury accident, not her fault but the OP, who caused the accident by dangerous driving was untraceable to us (although a little bit of detective work may well have discovered who it was). I called the Police, they could not have been less interested...... ;(
What kind of detective work though? No point sending the police on a wild goose chase to search for a "Blue Golf"; obviously I don't know what the other car was like though! The police think it is a needle in a haystack, there was no injury, and your wife is insured, so the police give it the lowest priority.Edited by catso on Monday 3rd September 23:24
Out of interest, what was it about the other car that makes it identifiable?
RichBurley said:
Out of interest, what was it about the other car that makes it identifiable?
Farmer's pick-up truck, she got the colour, type and partial reg no. Should have been fairly easy to track given that the Farmer would have been close to home, of course said farmer would probably deny all knowledge. Police priority was to give 'producer' for my wife & car.Yes our car was insured but, with the excess and then the loading on other, unrelated, policies (wtf?) , it has cost (and will yet cost) a lot of money to put right.
What gets me is that we always hear about 'road safety' (aka speeding) but no interest is shown in a case of dangerous driving, which could have resulted (and nearly did) in serious injury, because it involved doing a little bit of Policing......
indeed it would almost appear that way..........Gassing Station | Speed, Plod & the Law | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff