My Bimmer Pranged....

[Razza]

....by a woman in 4x4 Toyota in tesco car park

Looks like only the front black bumber trim has been torn off, a few scrapes on front offside wing and bumper.

I was at work and came back at 5.30 to find bits hanging off my car. An old couple said thay someone had witnessed the accident and left details with customer care - apprantly the 4x4 driver dunted my car, stopped, then drove off

Got the details and called the old bill who said that because it wasn't on a public road I might struggle to get bitchface to pay for anything

Anyone had any similar private car park prangs and been succesful?

Oh and any idea how much front bumber trim is?

PS anyone know how to trace a person from their reg no

[jcjdavis1]

Hi If officer dibble not getting involved contact DVLA in writing with reg. details they should give you name and address of car owner then take it from there.Sorry for you, hope you can repair it.

[harry_p]

criminal damage is criminal damage wherever it happened. if you have the details of the driver, and witnesses then i'd definatly be looking at making her pay somehow, even if it means going through the small claims court or something.

even if you dont get much from it it's the principal of it. people shouldnt be able to get away with damaging other peoples cars

[fuzzy]

as above surely damage is damage where ever it happens and as there is witnesses i cant see how they can fail to act,speak to another officer.im sure unless there is a lockable gate on the car park entrance its still classed as public accessible.i doubt you will be given someones details.

[thebigone]

Yep if the public have accsess to it then it can be classed as a public place and the rules of the road follow. Give the details to your insurance comp along with the details of the witness and let them deal with it thats what you pay them for.

POO even if the accident had happed on a main road (by definition one that has a number (A272 ect or a name The High ST) and it did not involve an injury then the police do not have to step in providing that sec 170 of the road traffic act has taken place. (exchanging of details)

[E30BeemerLad]

the coppers are just being lazy bastards, a bit selective as to when they consider it to be private land etc, at the end of the day the rules of the highway still apply and you still need to have insurance as it is a place where the public have unrestricted access. Put it this way, if you were doing doughnuts in the car park in the middle of the day the old bill would still not hesitate to bolt you up for an offence.

It is largely because there was nobody injured that they are not arsed.

If you have the details of the offending vehicle, then bell your insurers and see if you have legal cover. Worth also trying to get the name of the witnesses who left the third party details and also that of the person on the desk at Tesco who took them down or from the witnesses as the 4x4 driver will just allege they know nowt about it, so you will need someone to help back up how you got the details otherwise they could allege you have just spotted their vehicle and decided they would fit the bill for a spurious claim.

If when belling your insurers you have legal cover, they will be able to refer you to the solicitors as part of your legal cover, your solicitors will be able to do a search with DVLA for the registered keeper and also access the Motor Insurers Database to identify the insurers of the 4x4.

Get an estimate for the damage and take it from there.

[Richy325iTouring]

if you was donutting in the carpark they would soon be there to get you done

inform the police yourself they have a duty to get her details and she should get done for not reporting and leaving the scean of an accident

at the end of the day its still classed as they say a public highway as the public have vehicle access to it so they should to their job

[thebigone]

Must report it within 24hrs

[Brianmoooore]

Tread carefully getting insurance companies involved. It takes very little damage to write off an E30, the way insurance calculates these things.
You could end up at worst with a very small cheque and no car.

[thebigone]

herr herr, it cheaper for them to just write if off rather than pay out Ԛ£Ã”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£Ãƒ”šÃ‚£ to repair

[E30BeemerLad]

by approaching your insurers I was not suggesting making a claim, which you could only do if you're fully comp. I was suggesting you bell them because they will refer you onto solicitors who can make the claim for you to the other bint's insurers. If you have legal cover they will refer you to the nominated solicitors, otherwise how are you gonna get the name & address of the offending party & their insurance details?

The filth won't do it for you

[blingsta]

the driver of the 4x4 has upto 24hrs to report the accident, what you have to do is pop into your local station and ask them for a self reporting accident form, fill it out and then contact your insurance company. From there, the process department will write a letter to reg keeper of other car telling them they have failed to report an accident within 24hrs period etc and proceed with sending a local unit to home address to verify reg keeper details

[jcjdavis1]

Hi ask tesco if CCTV in car park.Might help