Car accident driver wont give me details .?

Question

I had a car accident friday at the time the other driver addmited liability as he hit me up the rear he wanted to do it priveately and the quote came to £1000 when i rang him with this he denied causing the damage i asked for his insurance details and he was meant to call me back yesterday and didnt i have given him a chance i have the car details and reg what can i do ?

Answer 1

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.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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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Answer 5

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.

Answer 6

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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Answer 7

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.

Answer 8

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.

Answer 9

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

Answer 10

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

Answer 11

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.