Accident??

GoonerC

I was involved in an accident a few weeks ago ...

I was pulling off from the side of the road and checked my mirrors, just started to pull off and my back seat passenger said they had seen a little girl run up the side of the car on the edge of the pavement... I stopped immediately.. I got out and stayed with the mum and little girl, the girl wasn't hurt and by the end of the conversation the mum was saying the little girl shouldn't of run off from her and asked her to say sorry to me, which i said she didn't have too as I could not see her due to her height. She never asked my name, licence anything, so i didn't think she was interested in my details, I had only been driving 9 days so i didn't know what to do.

My front seat passenger said the girl looked shocked at the car moving and fell back on the kerb and didn't touch the car.... It was a school pick up time so a few parents saw and reported to the school who informed the police that someone mounted the kerb, which is false... My partner has now received a letter asking who was driving.

We have filled in the form to send back but does any one have any advice for me? I'm really worried its been blown out of proportion and i will have my licence taken off me.

NigeWick

If there was no injury or damage to vehicle or anything else, there is no need to inform the police. However, now they are involved you must admit to being the driver at the time of the incident. When/if the police contact you point out that there was no injury or damage, and, the conversation with the mother stating that the little girl ran out. State again that there was no injury or damage.

arcon5

Doesn't sound like an incident occurred... no contact was made, you barely moved... what even happened?

Sounds like Chinese whispers and school notified the police as a matter of procedure having been falsely made aware of an incident

Tilt

This type of thing actually grinds my gears. The amount of times i've hit the brakes when a small child suddenly runs along the edge of pavement totally oblivious to his/her surroundings, seems to be on the increase these days. I think today's parents are far too complacent when it comes to looking after their kids while walking along a road.

GTE_Boy

NigeWick wrote: »

If there was no injury or damage to vehicle or anything else, there is no need to inform the police. However, now they are involved you must admit to being the driver at the time of the incident. When/if the police contact you point out that there was no injury or damage, and, the conversation with the mother stating that the little girl ran out. State again that there was no injury or damage.

The OPs partner needs to name them and then the OP must wait for their own 172 request.

arcon5 wrote: »

Doesn't sound like an incident occurred... no contact was made, you barely moved... what even happened?

Sounds like Chinese whispers and school notified the police as a matter of procedure having been falsely made aware of an incident

There doesn't need to be any.

GoonerC

My partner had parked on the left side of the road. The left wheels on the kerb. I looked in my mirrors to pull off, cars were parked in front and behind my car, I didn't see the girl run up the side of the car, my back seat passenger did and shouted to stop which I must of moved a couple inches away from the kerb into the road. I stopped immediately and got out to check her, the passenger in the front said she fell backwards, the mum was obviously upset but in the end calmed down and asked the girl to say sorry to me for scaring me, I said she didn't need too... As she was so tiny I couldn't see her as I must of checked my right mirror and missed her running past.

I assume a passing parent mistook the situation and said to the school I mounted then kerb but I was actually pulling away from the kerb

Strider590

Hard to picture, are you saying the girl was running along the road next to parked cars?

BUT, now whats happening is we're starting to see early life failures on these small turbo'd petrol engines.

GoonerC

Yes she ran up the passenger side of the car on the edge of the pavement and I pulled away from her into the road to drive off

Strider590

GoonerC wrote: »

Yes she ran up the passenger side of the car on the edge of the pavement and I pulled away from her into the road to drive off

You had two wheels on the pavement, she ran along the pavement as you were dropping off it, I don't see how you could hit her.

Nasqueron

Strider590 wrote: »

You had two wheels on the pavement, she ran along the pavement as you were dropping off it, I don't see how you could hit her.

Parents see a car move and a girl fall over, see the car wheels on the kerb, 2+2=5 - the car hit the girl.

Agree with advice above, explain what happened to the police and leave it there if they come back - which they presumably won't given no contact was made and there was no injury