How to claim from uninsured cyclist
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RichardParry
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Hello
Can anyone provide any advice on how I can claim my £300 car insurance excess back from a cyclist who rode into the side of my car and caused over £3000 pounds worth of damage?? The cyclist is 10 years old and now his mother is refusing to pay saying it was not his fault, despite the police saying otherwise. It appears that kids on bikes can cause damage to vehicles and get away with it??? leaving me with a £300 insurance excess which I have had to pay!!!
Any ideas anyone??? has this happened to you???
really interested to hear from you
thanks
Richard
Can anyone provide any advice on how I can claim my £300 car insurance excess back from a cyclist who rode into the side of my car and caused over £3000 pounds worth of damage?? The cyclist is 10 years old and now his mother is refusing to pay saying it was not his fault, despite the police saying otherwise. It appears that kids on bikes can cause damage to vehicles and get away with it??? leaving me with a £300 insurance excess which I have had to pay!!!
Any ideas anyone??? has this happened to you???
really interested to hear from you
thanks
Richard
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Small claims court perhaps.0
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That's what insurance is for. Maybe have a lower excess next time?
Just one of those things.
Thankfully no one was hurt (I assume).As of 24/11/2020
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CCds: - £1,568.18
Loan: - £0
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Barring any goodwill from the parents your only option is to sue but you will have to be able to prove negligence which will be very difficult.All matter is merely energy condensed to a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, there is no such thing as death, life is only a dream, and we are the imagination of ourselves.0
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I wouldn't just be looking to claim the excess though - I would be looking to claim it all - why should your insurance (and future premiums) have to pay out for something that wasn't his fault.
However, the cyclist was a child, as as such probably has no assets to pay with - but the householder may have house insurance which might cover it - but its only a possibility0 -
Thanks for all your replies, It seems that as it is a child cyclist involved then he has no insurance and no income either. The insurance company have contacted the mother and she is refusing to pay anything and it seems she is not liable for her child whilst on his bike!!! I am really annoyed that I have to pay out £300 for a non fault accident!!! and probably my insurance will increase next year because of it. Just a word of warning to everyone - KEEP AWAY FOR CYCLISTS!!!!0
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RichardParry wrote: »Just a word of warning to everyone - KEEP AWAY FOR CYCLISTS!!!!0
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Depending on exactly what happened, in theory, you could sue the child's parents for negligence, if the parents failed to exercise a reasonable level of control over their child.
(For example, if the child was repeatedly doing something which was likely to damage a car, and the parents took no action to stop the child from doing it.)0 -
How did a 10-year old cyclist case £3000 damage to your car? Did some of the gold plating get knocked off and fall down a drain?0
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Ellis v Kelly & Another 2018] gives a pretty detailed examination of the law of negligence as it applies to children (albeit in the context of contributory negligence in a road traffic accident.) My interpretation is that it would prove very difficult to establish negligence on the part of A10 year old child or the parents for lack of supervision (both issues are addressed in the case.)0
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Seditious_Libeller wrote: »Ellis v Kelly & Another 2018] gives a pretty detailed examination of the law of negligence as it applies to children (albeit in the context of contributory negligence in a road traffic accident.) My interpretation is that it would prove very difficult to establish negligence on the part of A10 year old child or the parents for lack of supervision (both issues are addressed in the case.)
http://www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/format.cgi?doc=/ew/cases/EWHC/QB/2018/2031.html&query=(title:(+ellis+))+AND+(title:(+v+))+AND+(title:(+kelly+))0
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