No damage but injury claimed car accident?

dacouch

Unusual for whiplash to start hurting immediately

dan_essex

mattymoo wrote: »

Dealt with a couple of similar incidents when I worked in motor claims 15 years ago for an insurer.

We would defend them (although some insurers may take an easier route). Simply put, the forces exerted during braking are not sufficient to cause a whiplash type injury. It needs the sudden decelaration of an impact to actually cause the neck to suffer in this way.

If you receive anything, pass it to your insurers and make sure you emphasise there was no actual impact.

just do as matt suggests and you'll be fine.

Chippy_Minton_2

From what this woman is alleging like it or not you have been involved in a reportable collision. Should have been reported to the police at the time or in any case within 24 hours.

Have you provided you details (Including insurance due to the injury)?
If not the I am in no doubt you will recieve a letter from the police requesting driver details.

I hope they haven't reported you for failing to stop and report.

Poppy9

I'm confused how you know the woman pulled out of her junction the same time as you if you didn't see her before she almost hit you? Either you saw her at the junction or you didn't!

maninthestreet

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

From what this woman is alleging like it or not you have been involved in a reportable collision. Should have been reported to the police at the time or in any case within 24 hours.

Have you provided you details (Including insurance due to the injury)?
If not the I am in no doubt you will recieve a letter from the police requesting driver details.

I hope they haven't reported you for failing to stop and report.

There was no collision.

jeannieblue

Exactly Poppy - she nearly hit him.... must've had her foot down a bit heavy on the righthand pedal to catch up to him so fast she had to brake.

Chippy - he said in his initial post, that he stopped. How else did he manage to have the conversation with the woman driver?

Either way, there was no collision.

goldspanners

Chippy_Minton wrote: »

From what this woman is alleging like it or not you have been involved in a reportable collision. Should have been reported to the police at the time or in any case within 24 hours.

Have you provided you details (Including insurance due to the injury)?
If not the I am in no doubt you will recieve a letter from the police requesting driver details.

I hope they haven't reported you for failing to stop and report.

what? so we need to report every near miss on the roads?

LeeSouthEast

goldspanners wrote: »

what? so we need to report every near miss on the roads?

Only if someone is hurt.

It's the law. I didn't write it. I just spout it.

goldspanners

LeeSouthEast wrote: »

Only if someone is hurt.

It's the law. I didn't write it. I just spout it.

if im involved in a near miss i probably wont be stopping to exchange details on what might have happened, there is no way i could know if someone got injured due to almost colliding.

Bowling_4_Gold

I doubt the other party will actually do anything - too much effort for them lol