Exchanging details after incident with cyclist

Silver-Surfer_2

spadoosh wrote: »

Why are you getting into the nitty gritty?

Both cyclist and motorist failed to notify the 3rd party (the parked car).

Cyclist doesn't have to.

Car_54

spadoosh wrote: »

Why are you getting into the nitty gritty?

Both cyclist and motorist failed to notify the 3rd party (the parked car).

The OP said "I assume this can be an offence on both our parts, should there be any damage that we didn't spot? "

If there was indeed damage, then the OP committed an offence, unless he has subsequently reported it to the police.

I don't believe the cyclist committed any offence.

Car_54

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Who has required it to be produced?

They don't need to. The law requires him to produce it to either (a) or (b), and he's done neither.

spadoosh

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Cyclist doesn't have to.

Motorist does have to.

spadoosh

Cool guys, you two just keep arguing between yourselves.


Op you committed an offence by failing to inform the 3rd party (the parked car) that they had been involved in an accident of which you were part.

Silver-Surfer_2

spadoosh wrote: »

Cool guys, you two just keep arguing between yourselves.


Op you committed an offence by failing to inform the 3rd party (the parked car) that they had been involved in an accident of which you were part.

maurice28 wrote: »

Hi - sorry for starting a second thread in one morning, but while writing the story of what happened this weekend in the 'Your worst incident on the road' thread, a question occured to me about exchanging details. Just to recap what happened:

Yesterday, I was driving and stopped on the road signalling to turn right into a car park for a garden centre. My wife was with me and said that there would probably be more spaces in a car park on the left (the garden centre has stores on both sides of the road).

So I changed my indicator to signal left, checked the mirror and saw nothing, started to pull over and suddenly a cyclist was next to the car. I can only assume he was in a blindspot when I looked in the mirror. We clipped his bike, he wobbled a bit and then fell off into a parked car.

We rushed out to check he was OK, and he seemed more concerned about our car! He had a bit of a graze on his knee but was otherwise unhurt thank God. His bike also seemed undamaged. He apologised and said he didn't see the indicator, I apologised that I hadn't seen him in the mirror. We parted on good terms and a handshake, both apologising.

However, I thought afterwards that we should have exchanged details, even though he insisted he was fine, there was no damage to his bike or the car. I think we were both focused on making sure there was no injury or anything that we didn't think about exchanging details. I just wanted to check, is not exchanging details an offence or anything?

We had a quick glance at the parked car he bumped into as well but couldn't see any damage. Again, we were focused on making sure he was OK and didn't leave details on the car just in case there was something we didn't see. I assume this can be an offence on both our parts, should there be any damage that we didn't spot?

No, he hasn't. He's not aware of any damage so nothing to report there.

maurice28

Hi all, glad to see this has provoked some debate!

Just to update, I have just been to the police station to report the incident. They took the details (including mention of the parked car, but they didn't ask anything further) and didn't really seem too excited by it all. They said someone may be in touch about it but 'probably not, unless the cyclist reports more serious injuries'.

neilmcl

maurice28 wrote: »

Hi all, glad to see this has provoked some debate!

Just to update, I have just been to the police station to report the incident. They took the details (including mention of the parked car, but they didn't ask anything further) and didn't really seem too excited by it all. They said someone may be in touch about it but 'probably not, unless the cyclist reports more serious injuries'.

Better to be safe than sorry.

Johno100

Silver-Surfer wrote: »

Cyclist doesn't have to.

I fact he/she doesn't even after stop after an accident (unless instructed to by a police officer).

maurice28

Car_54 wrote: »

The OP said "I assume this can be an offence on both our parts, should there be any damage that we didn't spot? "

If there was indeed damage, then the OP committed an offence, unless he has subsequently reported it to the police.

I don't believe the cyclist committed any offence.

That's a point actually. So say there actually was damage to the parked car which we didn't notice at the time, and so didn't leave details for the owner of the car. Is it an offence if the incident is subsequently reported to the police within 24 hours?

I guess in the scenario, the owner of the parked would discover damage, report it to the police, they would investigate and marry up that report with the one I submitted about the collision with the cyclist?