Car reversed in to me, driver claiming I drove in to them :S

Claraxoxo

Link to diagram showing how and where accident took place

i.imgur.com/8q9X2y9.png

custardy

Im not sure why you are following this up?
You hand the info and witness details to your insurer. Thats it.

neilmcl

Claraxoxo wrote: »

Link to diagram showing how and where accident took place

i.imgur.com/8q9X2y9.png

We get it mate, no need to keep explaining it to us, it's your insurer you have to convince.

roddydogs

Claraxoxo wrote: »

I never drive in to a bay UNLESS it is a very quiet place, it is easier for me to set off in the direction of entering in to a bay. Otherwise, I always reverse in to a bay and park my car right on the edge of supermarket car parks to avoid all this.

Laziness is key!

Nothing to do with being lazy, its so we can get to the boot to load goods.

Mojisola

Claraxoxo wrote: »

What was the outcome of this?

The police ended up on the scene and, under the weight of evidence of the witnesses, she went back to the truth.

elsien

You're overthinking it. You have your witness and the way the cars were damaged. Let the insurer get on with it.

seatbeltnoob

Mojisola wrote: »

Same thing happened in an accident outside our house - the young driver pulled out onto a main road which caused another driver to swerve and collide with another car.

The driver at fault initially admitted her mistake until her Dad turned up and got her to change her story, blaming the driver who had to swerve (or T-bone her car) because 'he had been speeding'.

This was despite having a bus-load of witnesses who had all seen her make the dangerous manoeuvre.

lesson is dont try to be colin mcrae and try to swerve out of a situation like this. by trying to swerve you make it even more dangerous and hit other people like a motorcyclist whose riding beside you.


by all mean hit the brake but drive into these pillocks if you have to. so you dont end up in a insurance nightmare where you become at fault

seatbeltnoob

Claraxoxo wrote: »

LINK TO DAMAGE
http://i.imgur.com/8q9X2y9.png

please copy and paste the link as I am a new user it would not let me post it

Do you have actual photo of damage? if this drawing is actually correct then its amazing the insurance company are pontificating over this. reality is a bit more grey than that. if the damage is at an angle then its not clear cut.

playing devils advocate here.

you could turn in and drive into a lamp post and damage your wing for instance.


quarter panel damage does not automatically mean you were driven into.

Mojisola

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

lesson is dont try to be colin mcrae and try to swerve out of a situation like this. by trying to swerve you make it even more dangerous and hit other people like a motorcyclist whose riding beside you.

by all mean hit the brake but drive into these pillocks if you have to. so you dont end up in a insurance nightmare where you become at fault

For most of us, the swerve would happen before our brains kicked in - if something appears in front of you on the road, very few of us would be able to drive straight into it.

In this case, the driver taking avoidance measures hit an empty parked car rather instead of T-boning a young mother and a baby.

Claraxoxo

elsien wrote: »

You're overthinking it. You have your witness and the way the cars were damaged. Let the insurer get on with it.

Just a tad worried, first accident...

seatbeltnoob wrote: »

Do you have actual photo of damage? if this drawing is actually correct then its amazing the insurance company are pontificating over this. reality is a bit more grey than that. if the damage is at an angle then its not clear cut.

playing devils advocate here.

you could turn in and drive into a lamp post and damage your wing for instance.

quarter panel damage does not automatically mean you were driven into.

Yes I have actual photos of damage, The drawing is correct, the blue car did not reverse straight out but at a slight angle - driver was trying to straighten up in the bay they were in.

The damage is deep in to the door, wheel arch and surround areas, as in something has gone in to it, not scraped past etc.

If I did drive in to this car, how can the damage be on the rear left side? There should be damage on the front left side of the car too. I passed the vehicle almost, and then the vehicle reversed in to my left side. They were in the bay as I was passing them. Hence why no damage on the front left side.

The damage is deep in to the quarter panel, door wheel arch etc. It shows point of impact, then scrapes towards the rear of the car near to the rear left side light, as my car was progressing forward.