crash

[Connemmara]

if a car crashed on the main road but pulled over, not reported on 8 december 2011 can anything still be done about it

[tenrec]

Was any other vehicle involved?

[jackthehat]

What sort of crash was it?

[Connemmara]

no other vehicle and crashed into a wall

[EcclesCake]

Were any other vehicles involved, was there any damage to property or anyone injured?

[Connemmara]

car was written off by insurance and insurance has been paid out without police being notified

[tenrec]

Was there damage to wall?

[Connemmara]

no damage to wall more to the car

[jackthehat]

I think there is something we are missing......

Why does 'anything' need to be done about it?

[EcclesCake]

I suspect this is linked to Connemmara's post from 11 December.

Why are you now concerned, what has happened?

[Connemmara]

the said car has been sold on by a guy who phoned me up for the "second" key - he said it was his job to fix cars like that and that insurance should have fixed it up because damage was not bad.

[jackthehat]

What would you like to happen?

[sandyRoe]

The fact that the insurance people considered it a 'write off' doesn't mean it couldn't be repaired.
I don't know a lot about motors but wouldn't it need to pass a MOT after the repairs?

[EcclesCake]

The insurance company did not consider it economically viable to fix it up. It seems the chap you spoke to has bought it and is prepared to fix the car up.

It was a business/risk decision on the part on the insurance co as it was for the guy who has bought it.

I don't see why there should be any comeback on you.

[EDDIE51]

Do you mean you had a crash and the insurance wrote off the car, but now it has been put back on the road? If so this is common you have had the payout and there is nothing you can do now, by accepting the payment you have signed the car over to the insurance company it is their property now , they can do what ever they want with it.

[Nibble]

Sounds like your car has been written off as B.E.R (Beyond Economic Repair) by your insurance company, i.e it'd cost more to fix than its insured value, however since another party has decided that they'll spend the money to repair the vehicle then as the car is now the property of your insurance company, then they can do with it as they wish.

However, since the car had been written off by the insurer, why would you want to keep any keys relating to the car? Only a question, I'd have given the keys back to the insurers, as the car became their property as a result of the insurance write-off, therefore no-one could ask for any keys from you.

[EcclesCake]

Nibble - I had a car that was written off. It was at a garage being assessed and the moment I agreed to the insurance pay off it was whisked away to a car pound. My belongings that were in the car were returned in a cardboard box, apart from the CDs in the autochanger...grrr.

I was contacted by the guy who bought the car at auction to see if there was a spare key, having had no opportunity to handover the key I was quite happy to send it on to the new owner.

[ummmm]

My car got written off and the insurance company gave me it back, minus £200 off my pay out.

I had a car repair business at the time. Panel damage is really expensive to repair.

[joko]

if someone damages their own property there is no crime so no need to report it to anyone.

not sure why you would think the police would be interested.