To think it was not an overreaction to call the police?

Honestly people on here are a bit holier than thou about calling 999. You were absolutely in the right. You needed prompt police response and you got it.

What a weird thread, a child was run over but everyone’s falling over themselves to say it’s not a police mater 😳

I think you were absolutely brilliant. You protected your child without escalating the situation. The other driver either failed to check it was safe to proceed or recklessly endangered a child. I hope she makes a full recovery. Hero Mum!

In Scotland we have a line for more minor police issues and i don't think it was a 999 emergency tbh. Take his plate down...

Did she need to go to hospital etc?

Agreed

I did. But I’m not a mind reader. If you’re now trying to pick me up on something else, at least quote what you’re trying to pick me up on. If you only quote our exchange, how am I meant to know you’re referring to something else??

I think you did the right thing calling 999. The police must have too because they attended quickly which is pretty rare these days!

He committed a crime and the fact he said he didn’t see your daughter is concerning. He could have been lying but, if he was telling truth, it could be due to being unfit to drive due to drink or drugs. Not sharing his details is suspicious too; he could have been uninsured, driving a stolen vehicle or without the owners permission.

You’re not qualified to assess any of those risks - the police are. If he’d left the car park without any intervention, he could have done more serious harm to someone else.

A complete overreaction. You can't assuage your own guilt at not looking after your daughter properly by blaming someone else. It's more than possible that he didn't see or hear her, it's not something he would have done deliberately.
Well done on making a mountain out of a molehill and making the whole thing significantly worse and more traumatic for your daughter

I think 999 was correct if he was being aggressive and had already injured your child. Had he been totally apologetic then no.

So, it’s a road traffic offence.

Leaving the scene of an accident when someone is injured without giving details ( regardless of the type of injury) is an offence.

Now from a police point of view. What would be someone’s motivation for deciding to leave the scene of an accident without providing details.

MOST people who thought they had injured a child would be mortified, and want to do anything they could to help/mitigate.

Driver’s reaction therefore is off….. and WHY might that be? No insurance, not qualified to drive? Under the influence? Something else?
If you’re not bothered about the law in one area then there is a fair chance there are other bits of the law you’re equally unfussed about.

So, regardless of the ‘seriousness’ of the injury, calling 999 was exactly appropriate.

The way this thread has gone is wild and not in a good way!

From https://www.gov.uk/contact-police

"Call 999 if you are reporting a crime that is in progress or if someone is in immediate danger."

Given you had reasonable suspicion that a crime was in progress and the offender was nearby, plus it involved an injury, I think you were within the spirit even if not the letter of the guidelines to call them. And even if not, you're hardly going to be top of the misuse and abuse list.

it Is nothing to do with the original point. You replied to the person above you’s comment

I think a lot of people think 999 is only for emergencies. This isn’t true - it is also for when a crime is in progress or has just been committed.

But that’s not what your original point was. You originally implied I was ‘saying the severity of the injury is important rather than the offence’. At least be consistent!

I hope your daughter is ok x

I thought it was common sense to help a child into a car if there are other cars near the car? To prevent the child being hurt and to prevent the child damaging anyone else’s car other cars with their car door. If a parent was stood behind her, the parent’s foot would be scratched, not the child’s. The other driver would have seen an adult more than they would see a child too

He tried to leave the scene of an accident where a child was hurt, so you did the right thing.

Blaming it on a random is cold comfort when it’s your child that’s hurt.

That people can get run over and not get fractures

It’s not helping them into the car, it’s to avoid them getting hurt by nearby cars.

I’ve seen grown adults nearly hit by parked cars moving off, an 8yo child is even more vulnerable.

I don’t think it would have occurred to me to ring 999 in this situation.
I’d have checked her foot to see she could bear weight on it etc
Once I knew it wasn’t badly injured, I’d have probably said it to the guy but if he reacted the way you said, I would have just taken down his reg and reported it after I’d got my daughter’s foot looked at to be sure it wasn’t more than bruising.
You were in the situation though and had your reaction. You didn’t get in trouble with the police or anything so what does it matter?
I've seen people confront drivers before where they have turned very nasty even though they were in the wrong. I wouldn’t insist on trying to get their info etc if they are aggressive, just get the fuck out of there and call police afterwards for your own safety.
Theres something about this seems off though. You called emergency police to report a driver had run over your child’s foot and then got aggressive and they came and questioned the driver but just let you leave? Did they do anything to ascertain whether your dd was injured or not? Did they let you know the outcome afterwards? It didn’t seem like your husband was there at first but he was…what did he do/ say the whole time while you were helping your daughter/ confronting the driver/ calling the police? Did you get your dd seen to to make sure she’s not injured worse than you thought?

They should when there are other cars around. To keep them safe and to prevent them damaging anyone else’s car with the car door. Surely that’s common sense?

Yes. Your point being…?

No you were agreeing that if she had been run over she would have had fractures

Ah, I see the bigger picture now! He most likely WAS on drugs, off his face on ket, most likely in a STOLEN car, with NO insurance, tax, or mot, deliberately trawling family events just looking for small children to ram into, at speed! Bet he's not even from this country. Lock the bugger up! ... have a word