Leaving scene of an accident
Leaving scene of an accident
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puggit

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49,800 posts

277 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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I'm getting messed up with some lovely people at the moment!

Son of a work-colleague had an accident last year. Only car involved - slid of road in to a tree. No doubt he was probably not driving within his limits and to the conditions.

He and his friends scarpered after the crash and he's now been charged with DWDCA, leaving scene of an accident and failure to report an accident.

In this case does an accident mean just one car?

WildCat

8,369 posts

272 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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Ach! He ist bother ... I think.

Remember the case of the drug addict fined £83 und banned for two years after killing a bloke, running off after the accident. Car was also defective.

But your pal's son ist a nice boy und collided mit a tree. In the session before the chav girl's case - he was find almost £500 plus costs und banned for two years for ....

.... colliding mit a tree. Only his car was well maintained und insured und he did not run away either!

Thus, Liebchen... think your pal's son needs to find toppest lawyer!

echo

178 posts

271 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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IIRC damage to third party property must be reported to the police within 24 hours.
Did they hit someone's fence or was this tree in someones front garden

Dwight VanDriver

6,583 posts

273 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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Fraid so Puggitt (Non injury accident condensed)

Owing to the presence of a motor vehicle on a road/public place...
accident....
damage to any other vehicle/property.....
must STOP...
and give drivers details/vehicle owner/vehicle Reg to any person having reasonable grounds for requiring same...
If driver doesn't has to report it to Police as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case within 24 hours.

Injury to another brings in Production of Insurance Certificate.

170 RTA 88

minornut

1,049 posts

266 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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So I'm ok for taking out a farmer's hedge with a Merc as I gave him my name and address, but the police were not informed?

Balmoral Green

42,561 posts

277 months

Friday 28th January 2005
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Does the tree want to press charges?