I was involved in a crash and drove off, help me

[beemm]

Gosh what do I do.

I know you're suppose to exchange details but I declined his offer

I feel such an idiot! I'm not interested in his money. He was at fault but he didn't harm my car but for a tiny tiny dent. I was just so glad to be okay along with my baby

My daughter cried and then smiled within 2 minutes! She's fine.

However, so was I. But I've just got home and started eating dinner

My bloody neck kills! It really hurts!

Do I need to call someone? Help me calm myself. I have no family to call - they panic and become hysterical over nothing much

Im clearly fine! But I just need a logical person to tell me what to do here

Will the NHS tell me off for not taking this persons details?

So your daughter was also involved in n this 3 car smash, which you are saying was sufficiently severe to cause you whiplash, and you've not hard her medically checked out?

I just wanted to say I hope you’re okay OP. It’s horrible having car incidents. Someone smashed into me in Feb and I spent all week feeling really quite low and shocked. 💐 You’re usually not thinking straight at the time.

Well obviously she was in shock and intimidated. Pretty standard for a woman with a baby to be intimidated by a man who just crashed into her car.

I was in a slight crash once, driving down the road when a parked car decided to pull out top speed without looking or wven indicating. Whacked straight into my car’s side. The guy was half my age, twice my size, and clearly on drugs. Should I have given him a hard time about it and given him my contact details? Sod that. Very quick conversation and I couldn’t get away from him fast enough.

Aww poor thing, hope you are ok.Please everyone who is reading this thread and make note from pp that you must notify your insurers no matter how minor it is. Also, you might see it as a minor dent but inside the car might suffer more and cause problems to your vehicle overtime and not know any of the mechanical damages it has experienced during the impact. Also it's normal not to feel the impact on your body due to the adrenaline but once you settle down, it's normal.

You are required to report an RTC resulting in injury to police as soon as practicable. And get yourself and your child checked out too.

Thank you - I'm not sure. I just imagine health professionals will be a bit Confused at me, I don't know

As a nurse I wouldn’t be interested in (wouldn’t ask) if you got the other drivers details. I would want to check you and your baby over. Please get seen tonight. Let your family look after you both. Hope you are okay.

Please get your car checked too - DH had something similar, someone shunted into the rear bumper and no sign of damage aside from scuffed plastic bumper which we didn't worry about as car was quite old. Later upon lifting the base of the boot up (where spare tyre is) the back of the chassis was totally buckled in.

My whiplash broke spines in my neck and buggered my thyroid. I now have arthritis in my neck. It's not a trivial thing.

and report to the police within 24 hours.

So what did you do ? Let it become someone else's problem ?
You surely reported it afterwards

Intimidated by what? The guy wanted to give her his details. She refused his offer and drove off. She looks dodgy as hell.

I’m trying to figure out how expensive car seats are, given people are saying you can claim on the insurance. What about the excess? I wouldn’t have reported this either OP.

Cant think why the two that crashed into me would mention it but you never know I guess.

There’s no “probably” about it. She does need a new car seat.

Any bump/crash no matter how small compromises the seat so it should always be replaced.

The NHS won't care but your insurers will

Well ours cost a few hundred as it’s ERF.

The only option is to phone your own insurance company.

Sorry no idea what ERF is.

are they a popular thing or a necessity.

You need to report any accident to your insurer regardless of whether or not you claim. If you don't and they find out they can cancel your insurance which makes getting insurance in future harder.

Taken from Compare the Market, scroll down to the bit that says Do I need to declare a non-fault claim?

@Faultymain5 anywhere from £100 up. But the point is that had she got the drivers details and reported to her insurance she wouldn't pay any excess in a no fault claim. The car seat, the damage to her car and anything else would all be covered by the drivers insurance.

If she makes a claim now she will be subject to the excess which for a car seat might not be worth it but for the damage to her car, who knows. A dent could easily be a whole new bumper these days at hundreds of pounds.

Extended read facing so my daughter can rear face until 6 or 7.

They are not popular no but they should be as they are the safest seats on the market. Rear facing is 5 times safer than forward facing and my child’s safety is not something I would compromise on.

Well obviously she was in shock and intimidated. Pretty standard for a woman with a baby to be intimidated by a man who just crashed into her car.

What are you talking about?
The Op clearly states the other driver came to exchange details and she declined
This fashion on MN to say any interaction between a man and a woman means the woman must be intimidated does not reflect most interaction in life, and spreading that myth does nobody any favours.

If the car is in good condition a minor bump will not cause it to be a write off.
I wouldn’t report it. I told my insurance company when someone bumped my car in a car park (I was parked and not in the car) and all that happened was my insurance went up. If it ever happens again I wouldn’t report it.

I had the same thing happen to me, other driver was technically at fault and since he had a rather grander car than mine and his damage looked a lot worse we agreed to let it go, then , like you, it was only later that I realised the damage done to my car. Had to scrap it, didn’t feel safe driving it and couldn’t in all honesty sell it. If I had reported it I might have been able to get it written off and got more than the scrap page value ( though to be fair probably not much more)

I’m aware of that. But for reasons that I’m choosing not to disclose and in these circumstances I’d use some discernment personally. That’s the call I’d make, for me.

I wrote our car off by hitting a lamppost at approximately 5mph... Bent the front axle.