Car in ditch on hitting ice. URGENT advice please

SailorSam

JayCartwright wrote: »

You may find the police beat you to it and remove it themselves if you plan on leaving it overnight.

I had a car stolen once, i had to park in the next street so never knew it had gone until the Monday morning, i'd parked up on the Friday. When i called the Police they said it had been found on the Friday night, a write-off, it had been set on fire, Nobody had come to my house to let me know all over the weekend, But they said to me if i didn't move it,they would and charge me.

EdGasket

With AutoAid you can just call whoever you want to get you out of the ditch and send AutoAid the bill; thats what I did and they paid. Fortunately in my case there was no damage to the car. Tow out of the ditch was about £70; it would be extra if they have to take your car somewhere.

Ref "However, if the car isn't drivable, getting it onto my drive will be difficult/impossible."
Can't you just push it onto your drive with the help of the recovery man?

konark

No the AA won't rescue you if it's an accident, only a breakdown. .

That's why I'm not with the AA!

Zandoni

A local farmer might help for a few quid.

getmore4less

Remember with insurance accidents an claims are separate notifications.

bigjl

grazie wrote: »

Some shrubs and small trees have been driven over. That's it as far as I could tell. I'm pretty sure these are natural and wouldn't have been planted. I don't believe this damage would require me contacting the police, but of course others may disagree.

I doubt that these shrubs would have caused much damage, but let's not forget that if it is a drainage ditch you could be blocking it.

grazie

getmore4less wrote: »

Remember with insurance accidents an claims are separate notifications.

I don't understand what you mean here. Surely, a claim is what matters, whether it's for an accident, damage or anything else.

AdrianC

grazie wrote: »

I don't understand what you mean here. Surely, a claim is what matters, whether it's for an accident, damage or anything else.

True. But you also need to notify accidents that you haven't claimed for.

grazie

AdrianC wrote: »

True. But you also need to notify accidents that you haven't claimed for.

As I understand it, you don't.

What's the definition of an accident? If you take off your wing mirror reversing past your gate post, that could be termed an accident, but you don't have to inform your insurance company about it.

Quentin

grazie wrote: »

If you take off your wing mirror reversing past your gate post, that could be termed an accident, but you don't have to inform your insurance company about it.

Strictly speaking you do.


(Most wouldn't!!)


Your policy ts + cs will require you to inform them of any losses/incidents you are involved in.