Motoring

Car accident - whose fault?

Hi all,

Had a bit of a fender bender this morning, driving down a duel carriage way in the outside lane, when a white van who was stationery pulled out and smacked into me - he did not indicate.

He is now disputting that it was his error and will not pay for the damage to my car.

Am I at fault?

redhelen Thurs 15/05/08 14:04

<< Previous

Next >>

Subscribe to question

Post an Answer

Toureman
Thurs 15/05/08
14:10

whether he indicated or not is irrelevant, he is definitely at fault not you.

If you had a witness, genuine or not it would help.

bluesman8998
Thurs 15/05/08
17:13

yes im afraid it is your fault , you were in a dual carriageway and yu should of let van out, its the law, lol no not really, the van driver is no doubt at fault he has obviousley not looked before pulling out into oncoming traffic, what you should of done is got witnesses and if he disputed fault at scene you should of got police , no car or van should of been moved and the scene left as iot was when accident happned, just report it to your insurance company as it happned

redhelen
Thurs 15/05/08
17:15

Question Author

Thanks guys for your help, I feel better, now I just need to tell hubby!!!

LAW_DROP-OUT
Thurs 15/05/08
17:54

suggest to him , to may issue a county court summons against him ...... and of course you may pursue the claim , thru insurers ..... - diagrams of accident would assist , which ever procedures ,,,,,, you deploy, regarding the accident ...

mdoo98
Fri 16/05/08
07:58

And in your statement to your insurers replace all the 'of' with 'have' from the answer given above !!!!

redhelen
Fri 16/05/08
09:01

Question Author

Hi all, just an update, the guy made contact with me last night and is given me money for the repairs. Hubby took it quite well as well, and just said its not surprising he tried to run you off the the road look at what your driving!!!

Post an Answer

Submit the above question and answers

add to del.icio.us	add to digg	add to furl
add to reddit	add to Technorati	add to Blinklist
add to StumbleUpon	add to squidoo	add to ma.gnolia
add to Cocomment	add to Netscape	add to Fark