Help.. advice needed as accused by pedestrian of running over their foot...

ader42

For information I’ve had my foot run over more than once and it never hurt or injured me.

[Deleted User]

It's a scam. Ignore it.

Herzlos

I'd report the attempt at fraud to the police, get a crime reference number and then ignore it. If it escalates, then call the police and get them to attend.

Goudy

So you were parking and a pedestrian shouted that you nearly ran over their foot.
That's isn't an accident and therefore there is nothing for you to report.
You got out and actually checked there wasn't any harm. You fulfilled your obligation.
You don't have to report near misses to anyone, police or insurance company.

As far as you are concerned, nothing actually happened. Nothing to report.

Later (3 days later) the same pedestrian left a note with the owner of the property you were visiting that someone visiting them had ran over their foot.
As mentioned, they are not responsible and do not have to provide that information.

If someone does go ahead and try and report you or make a claim, you were there at the time of the alleged incident why didn't they mention the injury then?

Why would they return to the property later (after you have gone) with a letter demanding information, they could have got that at the time of the incident.
It's not like you drove off or left the scene of an accident, you were visiting that property and I presume were there for a while.
The nature of the alleged incident is pretty much instant harm, they would have known at the time you ran over their foot, not three days later!

I wouldn't worry about it, they have obviously gone home and thought there's a chance of a claim/money but they are so thick they have screwed up the process and only decided much later that there was a incident to try and claim for.

Car_54

Herzlos said:

I'd report the attempt at fraud to the police, get a crime reference number and then ignore it. If it escalates, then call the police and get them to attend.

AIUI the police refer all reported frauds (attempted or actual) to Action Fraud, who then fail to live up to their name.

Given that there's no evidence (apart from the OP's account), I can't see the police ever attending.

Herzlos

Car_54 said:

Herzlos said:

I'd report the attempt at fraud to the police, get a crime reference number and then ignore it. If it escalates, then call the police and get them to attend.

AIUI the police refer all reported frauds (attempted or actual) to Action Fraud, who then fail to live up to their name.

Given that there's no evidence (apart from the OP's account), I can't see the police ever attending.

I'm not expecting the police to actually do anything, but suggesting it gets pre-emptively reported (with crime number) so that if anything happens later the OP is covered.

And you never know, there could be a pattern of these things that AF may do something about.

Teapot55

The only outlet that the aggrieved couple might possibly have - if it even exists where you are - is to report the ‘incident’ to the road safety department of your local council as a ‘near miss’. 

Where I live the council do appear to take reports of near misses seriously and get the engineers to examine the potential for traffic-calming measures etc as funding becomes available. 

If there’s a real possibility of other drivers swinging round the corner and hitting you as you manoeuvre onto your mother’s drive it would be them at fault for driving too fast but who wouldn’t want to take all possible measures to avoid it? 

I_drink_tea

Hi all, I thought I'd let you know what happened after I asked for help on here as it's hopefully now been resolved....

I reported the incident to my insurers that afternoon, who took the details and gave me a reference number.  They said I should give their details to the woman who posted the note and not interact with her any further - I did so by text using my backup mobile, not my main number.

I reported it to the police the next working day, who took the details and said I'd done the right thing reporting it to them and gave me an incident number.   

A while later I had a phone call from a police officer who was looking into the incident as a result of my report (the pedestrians made no report themselves) asking for my details.  The officer phoned the woman pedestrian and asked her to send him their details and a photo of the injury..... they did not get back in touch with him with either, and last week he phoned me to confirm  he has closed the incident and labelled it as 'malicious', saying I should let him know if they contact me again and that I can give his details to my insurers in case they make a claim.

I'd just like to say thanks for the help I had with my post..... I was very upset and worried at the time and the assistance I had from here was greatly appreciated.

born_again

Nice update.
Shame police don't take it further & charge them with wasting police time.

eskbanker

born_again said:

Nice update.
Shame police don't take it further & charge them with wasting police time.

How?  They (dodgy couple) didn't go to the police....