What happens to vehicle after an accident?

Chinkle

I don't know all the details, but by mum has just called me cos my brother was in an RTA, he on a motorbike, hit by a car.

He's in hospital, a few broken bones, lucky escape. Obviously he was pretty shook up at the site but recalls someone propping up his bike by a lamp post. When my parents went to see him he asked if they could find out where the bike was.

They phoned the police who didn't seem to know about it, anyway they said they would send someone out as it had been moved from the scene. They found the bike dumped by the river, locals say they saw some kids put it there. The police informed my parents who then had to arrange themselves for it to be recovered.

Anyway question is, shouldn't the police have taken it from the scene of the accident? And what happens now re the insurance, further damage has obviously been done to the bike after it was stolen from the scene of the accident. So who pays out and for what?

Sgt_Pepper_2

Did the police attend the collision?

Chinkle

Like I say, I'm a little short on details, but he was ambulanced to hospital - so I imagine the police were there too. Is that normally the case? Touch wood, I've never been involved in an accident.

colino

I'd be amazed if in a RTC with bike v. car with obvious injuries, the police didn't attend. Maybe there was a major incident nearby, but no excuses, a possible fatality should have had the bells and whistles from the white caps with them securing the scene and all the evidence.

Quentin

Best not to make too much fuss about the theft damage (if the third party is to blame for the original accident, their insurer won't be keen to pay out for separate damage caused by a subsequent theft)

mcjordi

im surprised the police didnt recover it..

Chinkle

Yes, that's what I find strange.

Apparently the kids who stole it, used a screwdriver to start the ignition. So don't know how you explain that damage to the third party's insurer - if they are found liable for the initial accident. At this stage, I don't know how much the bike was damaged in the accident and how much further damage may have been sustained by it being illegally driven off and then dumped.