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Should i report this?

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  • McKneff
    McKneff Posts: 38,857 Forumite
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    Two people inspected the car, there was no damage, so what's to report ??
    make the most of it, we are only here for the weekend.
    and we will never, ever return.
  • Stooby2
    Stooby2 Posts: 1,195 Forumite
    Raksha wrote: »
    If it happened on private property then it's not a Police matter. Maybe give the information you have to the supermarket

    Sorry that's wrong. A supermarket car park is a road as defined by the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the driver was obliged to give details and committed an offence by not doing so.

    However, without any details such as registration number of the other car, the police won't be interested. They certainly won't divert resources to collect and then go trawling through CCTV footage to solve a very minor damage only accident.
  • Stooby2 wrote: »
    They certainly won't divert resources to collect and then go trawling through CCTV footage to solve a very minor damage only accident.

    Two people inspected the car and found no damage.
  • Stooby2 wrote: »
    Sorry that's wrong. A supermarket car park is a road as defined by the Road Traffic Act 1988 and the driver was obliged to give details and committed an offence by not doing so.

    However, without any details such as registration number of the other car, the police won't be interested. They certainly won't divert resources to collect and then go trawling through CCTV footage to solve a very minor damage only accident.

    The op did "snap" the offender's reg. mark.:)
  • jimpix12
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    vaio wrote: »
    Given that an increasing number of insurers are now loading premiums for non fault accidents/incidents if I was the owner of the undamaged car I'd be less than happy for this non event to be made official and thus need disclosing to my insurer for the next three years

    But that is the fault of the insurers and a technicality that needs to change; it is nothing to do with me. By the same token, they may wish to claim.

    I have reported it to the police this morning anyway. I doubt anything will come of it, but I felt it was my duty as other said.
    arcon5 wrote: »
    If you felt obliged to step in then you could have got a pen and paper from CS and left a note on the windscreen.

    I could have - but then so could the 3-4 other people who just stood there gawping and drove off too.
    "The only man who makes money from a gold rush is the one selling the shovels..."
  • vaio wrote: »
    Given that an increasing number of insurers are now loading premiums for non fault accidents/incidents if I was the owner of the undamaged car I'd be less than happy for this non event to be made official and thus need disclosing to my insurer for the next three years

    But if the owner of the parked car doesn't notice any damage, or notices it and doesn't want to take it any further and doesn't contact their insurers or the police, their insurance company will not have any knowledge of the incident.
    It will only be if the owner reports it that there is any chance of their premium rising.
    I'd be a little annoyed if it was my car and I had to now report it to insurance for information purposes because there is now a record on the police database.
    As above.
    Nothing has been stated about a note being left for the owner, so at present they will have no idea that the incident has been reported to the police, hence the only reason they will inform their insurers if if they notice any damage and then choose to inform them.
  • andygb
    andygb Posts: 14,655 Forumite
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    Raksha wrote: »
    If it happened on private property then it's not a Police matter. Maybe give the information you have to the supermarket

    Wrong, wrong, wrong.
    The next door neighbour had his car shunted big time in a supermarket a couple of years ago. The culprit sped off, but witnesses took the details. The police were informed, and the neighbour has a fully repaired car and the scumbag was charged with leaving the scene of an accident, and forced to accept full liability for the damage.
  • spunko2010 wrote: »
    I went to check the parked car (owner was shopping) but couldn't see any damage, to be fair. However it made a bit of a whack when she did it.
    Just because there is no damage visible doesn't mean that there is no damage especially as you state that there was "a bit of a whack".

    This car didn't appear to have any damage apart from a bit of cracked paint:

    https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4837444
    The damage is minimal but the paint has cracked on the colour coded bumper

    but in reality, it turned out a bit more expensive.
    Update: just returned from the bodyshop and I'm really glad we went the insurance route. The guy took pictures and looked underneath, etc, and the impact section behind the bumper is broken and will need replacing making the bill around £400!!

    Unless the elderly lady driver was an expert mechanic, I don't see how she would know that no damage had been done.

    If it was a 17 year old that drove into another vehicle and decided to simply drive off, I bet that many of the responses on here would be different.
  • Stoke
    Stoke Posts: 3,182 Forumite
    If it was a 17 year old that drove into another vehicle and decided to simply drive off, I bet that many of the responses on here would be different.

    Spot on. As far as I'm concerned, she's no better. Where I live, there are lots of hit and runs on supermarket car parks. My dads car was hit on a supermarket car park doing £200 worth of damage. No note, no witness. Just a week after getting it fixed, at the same supermarket, he returned to find a large gouge down the bumper of his car where someone had either crashed their trolley into it... or their car. Both incidents were hit and run. Both incidents have ended up costing my dad money.

    You have a moral obligation to tell the owner of the car and if they want to go via the police, you should provide a statement as evidence.

    Unfortunately, there's a bit of ageism on this forum. It's against the youth rather than the older generation though!
  • Joe_Horner
    Joe_Horner Posts: 4,895 Forumite
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    Personally I would have left a note for the owner (or asked the supermarket to page them so I could speak to them) explaining what you'd seen and letting them know your contact details in case they wanted to report it.

    It's their car, so ultimately their choice if they want it logged anywhere.
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