accident

victor2

MEM62 wrote: »

Just a thought. Could this be a crash for cash incident??

Not unless the OP says the Punto driver and 4 passengers (who the son also failed to notice) are all claiming for whiplash...:rotfl:

jonathon

just to revive my old thread 2 weeks after the accident the woman rang my son and told him the damage would cost £1800 to fix but she would take £950 in cash.
I had a look on the dvla vehicle check site to find the tax on her car runs out the end of November,
it also says the car needs a VIC check so I did a hpi on her car to find it was and still is a cat c write off I think this proves the damage was pre existing.

victor2

Interesting.
Your son should have told his insurers anyway, even if he does not intend to claim for himself. Then he can just refer the other driver to his insurance company. She could tell her insurers (assuming it is insured) and they could log it as a claim against your son, which could give him problems if he's kept quiet about it.
It could turn out she's not insured, so is just trying it on and dare not face a proper claim. Tell your son to tell her he's handed the claim over to his insurers, who will be in touch with her, and see what sort of reaction that gets...

Quentin

victor2 wrote: »

......It could turn out she's not insured, so is just trying it on and dare not face a proper claim........

Even if she has no insurance she can still pursue a claim.

The son shouldn't get involved with her over her offer, but just tell her he wants to leave this to the insurers to resolve and ask her not to contact him personally any more.