Alleged RTC, can the police give your details to a 3rd party?

misterbarlow

My sister just rang me very upset.

She was out shopping this morning and when she returned to her car someone had parked badly and it was hard for her to exit the space, but she thought she managed to get out ok!

About an hour later the door went, when she answered, it was some guy raging and ranting, swearing and freaking out & going beserk, saying she has hit his car and drove off.

He says he came out saw scuffs on his bumper, so went into the shop and got them to show him the CCTV, from this he got her reg, he then went to the police station, and they just gave him her details and said to contact her!

He's turned up at her house freaking out, she was home alone and is 7 months pregnant, and has got really stressed and upset she says she had no idea she touched his car!!

Surely this is some sort of GDPR breach by the police??
Or can they do this??

Deanston

The third party is entitled to her details under the roadvtraffic act.

tacpot12

It would appear that they can do this. I had a quick google search and a number of forces have procedures and fees to request the details of a party to a road traffic collision.

It doesn't excuse his behaviour, but I can expect he was upset that your sister had apparently driven off without leaving any details. If the collision was so slight that she didn't notice it, it is unlikely to cost very much to repair.

AdrianC

Is there any way he could have seen her car parked outside the house and recognised it...?

misterbarlow

AdrianC wrote: »

Is there any way he could have seen her car parked outside the house and recognised it...?

He told her the police gave him her details!!

He was very aggressive, pushed his way into the property uninvited and demanded her insurance info, when she brought out the folder she keeps paperwork in he grabbed it from her and went through it himself.

This situation could have got out of hand and we think it's reckless of the police to just hand out info like that!!

casseus

misterbarlow wrote: »

He told her the police gave him her details!!

He was very aggressive, pushed his way into the property uninvited and demanded her insurance info, when she brought out the folder she keeps paperwork in he grabbed it from her and went through it himself.

This situation could have got out of hand and we think it's reckless of the police to just hand out info like that!!

She needs to call police and report this.

AdrianC

misterbarlow wrote: »

He told her the police gave him her details!!

And we know for a fact that he was telling the truth, do we?

Retrogamer

misterbarlow wrote: »

This situation could have got out of hand and we think it's reckless of the police to just hand out info like that!!

How else would the other driver be able to start making a claim if he wasn't able to obtain the name and address of the driver who hit him?
See below however

AdrianC wrote: »

And we know for a fact that he was telling the truth, do we?

I'm very skeptical of this myself.

Normally the police will request a copy of the evidence first. Once they have established an accident occured and got verified the vehicle details they will send a letter to the registered keeper to request they nominate the driver details of the vehicle at time of the incident

The police would then be able to provide this information to the person who's car was hit so they can start a claim

But it seems unlikely that the driver would be able to see the CCTV footage so quickly, then contact the Police and get the details all within the space of an hour.
The only way i can think of any of this happening is if this was a police officer's car you hit and they didn't obtain all the details the conventional way.

Or he's lying about how he got the details.

AdrianC

Retrogamer wrote: »

How else would the other driver be able to start making a claim if he wasn't able to obtain the name and address of the driver who hit him?

He'd either use askmid to get the other driver's insurance details, or get his own insurer to pass it on to the other driver's insurer.

Car_54

Deanston wrote: »

The third party is entitled to her details under the roadvtraffic act.

The 3rd party is entitled only to be given the driver's, and the owner's, details. But the police don't have either of those.

casseus

[quote=[Deleted User];75123110]The 3rd party is entitled only to be given the driver's, and the owner's, details. But the police don't have either of those.[/QUOTE]

Police would have only taken a report of the incident. It was still within 24hr period on which the driver could have reported the incident so unlikely to have followed up right away too.

I think this incident has risen from the CCTV from the shop (even if we can believe this to be true either) and he's gone driving around local area looking for the car.