Personal Injury Road Traffic Accidents
Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead.
Road Traffic Accidents
What to do
Being involved in a road traffic accident is distressing.
If possible, stay calm and obtain the following information from the other driver:
- His name and address
- Registration details
- Insurance details
DO
- Take photographs of the scene of the accident
- Call the Gardai or report the accident to your local Garda Station
DO NOT
- Admit liability
If you have an injury attend the doctor as soon as possible. Obtain an estimate for repairs to your car.
Consult a Solicitor and obtain advice on how to process a claim through the Injuries Board. You are obliged by law to place the other party on notice of a claim within two months of the date of the accident.*
Motor Accidents with no Insurance/Untraced Driver
The Motor Insurers Bureau (MIB) deals with road traffic accidents involving a motor vehicle where:
- There is no insurance
- Untraced driver
The MIB have to be placed on notice of a claim in writing and certain pre-conditions have to be satisfied before they will deal with same.
- All MIB claims have to be submitted to the Injuries Board first.
- Where there is an untraced driver there is an onus on the applicant to cooperate with representatives of the MIB.
See the latest edition of the Motor Insurers Bureau Agreement at MIBI Agreement 2009 for full details.
John Griffin
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