Behaviour post-accident

[FreiWild]

Just witnessed my first accident today. Chap behind me in a queue on a two lane road was rear ended at something around 15 mph.

I stopped in front of them and went to check up on them whether they were ok or not. The driver that hit him admitted on the spot that he obviously hadn't been paying attention enough and that this was the cause of the accident. No one seemed to be injured so I enquired whether they'd need my help or wanted to take my details, which they both declined.
Now that I am back home I wonder whether or not I should have given them my details regardless just to be on the safe side, should one insurance company start to get into a fit or something along those lines.

So PH-massive how have you/ would you handle something like that?

[sherman]

So neither of them took your details or wanted your help? It would appear that you are off scot free.

[TheEnd]

Yes and no, you offered which is as much as you can do.

You will sometimes get stories changing as time goes on, but it looks tp be pretty clear cut in this case, so unlikely to go any other way.

[illmonkey]

You offered, they declined.

If I was them, I'd have taken it regardless.

[Snowboy]

illmonkey said:

You offered, they declined.

If I was them, I'd have taken it regardless.

This.

I guess in a simple rear end shunt there’s not much chance for any appeal from the guilty party.
But, I still would have taken you name and number just in case.

[Devil2575]

TheEnd said:

but it looks tp be pretty clear cut in this case, so unlikely to go any other way.

My money is on it going 50:50 and the offending driver putting in a whiplash claim. The driver that was hit will regret not accepting your details as stories will change and lies will be told

[andy-xr]

I stopped and gave a card to a girl who was sideswiped at fairly low speed by another driver on a roundabout. She seemed a bit disoriented by the accident, so stayed with her for a few mins while the other driver got themselves sorted.

She and her insurers emailed me afterwards to say thanks and asked for a witness statement. Apparently no-one else stopped and because the other driver was foreign there was a good chance it'd have gone knock for knock or fault had no-one stepped forward. Didnt know it at the time. I don't know really why I stopped, there've been times before when I've seen something happen, looked to see if anyone was in trouble and carried on if I thought they were OK.

I think if people tell you they're alright and they don't need help you have to take it at face value. If you do have a card, or can write down a number to pst into their hand, better t give it to them so they can do something later about it. Having been in a couple of accidents myself I didn't think about witnesses until I'd made sure me, my car, other people were all safe, and it's not often people will stop

[Blues]

andy-xr said:

I stopped and gave a card to a girl who was sideswiped at fairly low speed by another driver on a roundabout. She seemed a bit disoriented by the accident, so stayed with her for a few mins while the other driver got themselves sorted.

She and her insurers emailed me afterwards to say thanks and asked for a witness statement. Apparently no-one else stopped and because the other driver was foreign there was a good chance it'd have gone knock for knock or fault had no-one stepped forward. Didnt know it at the time. I don't know really why I stopped, there've been times before when I've seen something happen, looked to see if anyone was in trouble and carried on if I thought they were OK.

I think if people tell you they're alright and they don't need help you have to take it at face value. If you do have a card, or can write down a number to pst into their hand, better t give it to them so they can do something later about it. Having been in a couple of accidents myself I didn't think about witnesses until I'd made sure me, my car, other people were all safe, and it's not often people will stop

Think you answered your own question