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Tue 28 Jun 2011 15:03
Had a bump in car park - danh

hi i was slowly pulling out of a supermarket carpark and was about 2 feet at most out when a car hit the back end of mine .i had stopped and the car just contunied and hit my bumper.we both agreed to leave it as i had a scratched bumper and she had the same.i said it wasnt my fault and she said the same.she didnt ask for my details but i took the other cars reg number.i took pics of my bumper.is there anything else i should do or have i done enough.thanks

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 15:15
Had a bump in car park - Dwight Van Driver

Oh that we could trust people....

A Supermarket Car Park can be held to be a 'Public Place' under the Road Traffic Act 1988.

Section 172 of that Act places an obligation on drivers where there is an accident whereby damage is caused to any other vehicle to firstly STOP (which you did). It also requires a driver to give if requested to do so, particulars of the vehicle, the drivers and owners detail (if injury then also details of Insurance). If these not given at time then report must be made to Police as soon as reasonably practicable and in any case with 24 hrs. Not clear from above post that poster did this. An offence not to do so.

Whilst an agreement apparently reached at scene to leave matters as they stood there is the option for the other driver to be awakward and report matters to police. Not saying that they would do anything but if they did the above offence could be revealed.

Consider therefore if still within the 24 hr deadline reporting the matter to Police to save any comback re the fail to exchange details.

Examine also the small print of the Insurance policy to see what it says about reporting matters that could effect Insurance.

dvd

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 15:36
Had a bump in car park - danh

thanks dwight van driver i offered her my details .then we agreed to leave it i just took her reg number.what would police do if we hadnt exchanged details and she went to them

thanks

dan

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 17:30
Had a bump in car park - FP

"i offered her my details .then we agreed to leave it"

"what would police do if we hadnt exchanged details"

Dan, you are not being clear. Did you or didn't you exchange details? Offering to do it is not the same as actually doing it.

If you didn't exchange details, then DVD has answered your question already. The problem is that the other person may claim you refused to give details and going to the police is a way of covering yourself.

I have no idea what action would be taken if you were suspected of not exchanging details.

Edited by FocalPoint on 28/06/2011 at 17:41

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Tue 28 Jun 2011 19:34
Had a bump in car park - danh
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Tue 28 Jun 2011 20:02
Had a bump in car park - danh

"i offered her my details .then we agreed to leave it"

"what would police do if we hadnt exchanged details"

Dan, you are not being clear. Did you or didn't you exchange details? Offering to do it is not the same as actually doing it.

If you didn't exchange details, then DVD has answered your question already. The problem is that the other person may claim you refused to give details and going to the police is a way of covering yourself.

I have no idea what action would be taken if you were suspected of not exchanging details.

i offered my details the other driver didnt want them was happy to leave it.what happens once i report it to the police

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Sun 3 Jul 2011 17:50
Had a bump in car park - Problem_Polo :-/

If the other driver was happy to leave things as they were, then I really wouldn't worry about it any further. You had offered your details, if the other driver declines then that is out of your control; you aren't going to force them on her. Was the premises covered by CCTV? If so, evidence is available that you stopped and spoke to the other driver, and if you were reversing out of a space at the time of impact then the other party would presumably have had to move their vehicle before you could leave the scene, so any suggestion that you fled would clearly be false.

It can be a worrying time if you have a bump, and the relief from finding that the other driver is amicable and happy not to go any further can quickly turn to this sort of concern, about what would happen ' if....... ' - but the simple fact is that you behaved in a perfectly reasonable manner, and there is little for the other driver to gain by turning hostile at a later date; the police are only too aware of how much some people will try it on when it comes to insurance claims, and it doesn't look good if somebody suddenly has an urge to report something days after it took place!

Just relax!

Edited by Problem_Polo :-/ on 03/07/2011 at 17:51

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