Damage done to my parked car

Alter_ego

Johno100 wrote: »

Yes if someone gets killed or seriously injured, not for a fender bender.

The law does not change when the crime is only minor.

Johno100

Alter_ego wrote: »

The law does not change when the crime is only minor.

It does actually, we don't charge every common assault as attempted murder do we?

But it is down to the amount of resources that can be reasonably expended in dealing with a crime measured against its seriousness.

Alter_ego

Johno100 wrote: »

It does actually, we don't charge every common assault as attempted murder do we?

But it is down to the amount of resources that can be reasonably expended in dealing with a crime measured against its seriousness.

The law we are discussing here is the requirement to report a traffic accident when the 2 parties involved have not exchanged details, or when one party failed to stop. There is no requirement for allocation of extra police resources to issue a crime number.
I agree that forensic investigation is very unlikely but that does not mean OP should not ask.

Fat_Walt

Alter_ego wrote: »

The law we are discussing here is the requirement to report a traffic accident when the 2 parties involved have not exchanged details, or when one party failed to stop. There is no requirement for allocation of extra police resources to issue a crime number.
I agree that forensic investigation is very unlikely but that does not mean OP should not ask.

Just to put you straight, it won't get a crime number as there is no evidence a recordable crime taken place.

It won't get a forensic investigation due to cost.

Whether the op has a duty to report it is questionable. Do they know the presence of their vehicle has caused damage to another?