Advice needed RE car crash please.

[youremindmeofthebabe]

Hello.

DP was in an accident in October where a driver went into the back of him. DP was in a van and the other person in a car. The other person hit him at approx 20-25 MPH, causing 1k damage to both vehicles. No witnesses.

Approximately 5 months down the line, the other party "found" a witness( there were no witnesses at the accident). The witness and the driver then said that DP reversed into the other driver, which is not true. This was travelling through single file roadworks.
Originally the 3rd party had claimed responsibility, and later claimed joint responsibility.

We have now had a letter saying 3rd party are withdrawing their offer of joint claim and say we are fully responsible. The only way forward is to go to court, or accept full responsibility.

If we do go to court, what would happen if the other party does not turn up?
What would we/he have to prove in order to win the case?
Basically, is it worth persuing or do we cut our losses?

Sorry for the long post.

They need to attend to check that there have been no injuries or no damage.
They need to breathalyse all the drivers involved. It is virtually automatic in many areas that drivers involved in traffic accidents are breathalysed.

Lucinda, I am sorry but that is not true. They will breathalyse if they attend but they do not routinely attend all Road Traffic Collisions, believe me.

My advice to anyone involved in a RTA is to phone the Police and request them to attend.