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I had an accident the other evening while wanting to turn right coming out of a side road onto a one way road. There were cars parked on my left right up to the junction. As I was edging out onto the road the car travelling up hit the front of my car from the no plate to the right hand side. I got out of my car but the other vehicle came to a stop quite a way up the road. I said to the driver that she was coming too fast up the road and her reply was not too fast. I then asked if we should phone the police and her reply was no I am in a hurry it is my parents car so if you give me your phone number I will get one of them to phone you with ins details, I gave her this plus my name and she took a photo of my car and then drove off. I had no details of her car which I know was stupid of me and waited for a phone call from her parents. Following day I went to work and had a phone call in the morning off a police office saying that she had been to the station and given my phone no to them saying that she had been injured which she certainly wasn't. I phoned my insurers and were informed them of the accident and this phone call to me. The following day I received a letter from the police asking me to produce my documents to the nearest station and also a letter of intended prosecution for (due care ). One of the letters on my no plate is wrong. I can't understand why she has gone to the police and not insurers and also when I explained to the police officer who phoned me he did not want to know my side when I told him she didn't want police involved and that I was waiting for call off her parents with insurance details.
Asked on 27 July 2015 by het
Answered by
Honest John
Basically you do not have to report a non-injury crash to the police. So your version is exactly as you have written it here and you should go to court with that if necessary. Do not voluntarily accept a standard fine and points. The other driver probably had second thoughts after the crash and tried to make it good so as not to get into trouble with her parents. It's possible that the car might not have been insured for her to drive (but you can't rely on that). If you are worried about handling the case alone, hire a solicitor. I think if it goes to court and she is faced with a prison sentence for perjury she will be less likely to lie before a magistrate in a criminal court or a judge in a small claims civil court.
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