To ask who's at fault? Parking bump with pics!

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OK, so the blue car is stationary (parked on corner but ignore that bit) the red car decides to park in the space behind it. As it's pulling in, the blue car starts to reverse, hitting the red car on the rear wheel arch. Who is at fault?

Tends to be whoever is at the back to be honest, so the red car. They should be looking out for any hazards as they are going forwards.

But I imagine it would hopefully just end up as a no one is at fault.

Blue car at fault because it was reversing

Is anybody else singing "The red car and the blue car had a race, all red wants to do is stuff his face..." ?

haven’t seen that ad in years!!

The blue car was parked on a corner so was wrong to begin with

It kind of sounds like the red car cut up the blue car as it was reversing.

Tends to be whoever is at the back to be honest, so the red car. They should be looking out for any hazards as they are going forwards.

Both cars are at the back of each other.

Blue car at fault as should have checked mirrors properly before reversing.

So blue car WAS stationary, red car begins marking manoeuvre, blue then decided to reverse hitting red car?
Definitely blue car at fault. Obviously didn't check properly before moving off from being stationary

Blue car who on earth parks on the corner like that. When blue car started to do its manvoeur they should be checking their mirrors during.

To try and answer points made, red car drove down the road and around the corner, not across a junction.

Police happy for red car (me) to park in that bit of road, not happy when people park where the blue car was on the corner. Not really relevant to what happened though.

When the red car started driving into the parking space, the blue car wasn't moving, the blue car claimed to have moved 6-12 inches, although they've probably changed their mind by now. They've also changed their mind about seeing the indicator. This morning they said 'we saw you indicating, we thought you were going to turn right when you got to the end of the road'.

Another vote for the blue car being at fault

Were there any trucks or prickly trees involved?

Blue at fault as didn't check mirrors before started reversing. Red noted blue was stationary so pulled into space behind it

Insurance companies will have a field day with this one, bet it ends up as no fault.

The blue car is at fault as it was reversing, it's irrelevant where the other car was parked. I work in motor claims and reversing is an automatic fault regardless of what else happened.

What happens if they're both reversing? Genuine question.

A reversing car is at fault.

That automatic fault for reversing has got me thinking. I can't really think of any 'safe' places to reverse.

Blue car. He drove into a moving car.

However they will likely have to accept 50/50 liability.

Blue car. He drove into a moving car.

However they will likely have to accept 50/50 liability.

Blue car is at fault surely. If blue car was stationary when red car started to pull into space, it means they weren't looking properly when they then started to move and so bumped into red car. As others have said, it's lucky it wasn't a human behind them.

If both cars are reversing then it goes down 50/50. You would claim for your car and they would claim for theirs, both through your own insurance. I know it's tough isn't it, we all have to reverse at some point but the person making the manoeuvre is generally liable.

Thanks, Ginaxx.

Was the blue car definitely stationary though? Sounds as though they found have been in the middle of parking (possibly in the space) and had momentarily paused like you do to check angles etc and as they went to reverse red car pulled into the same space.