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A friend of mine had a head-on collision recently. He was travelling at under 30mph and his airbag failed to inflate. A policeman who arrived at the scene told him that they don’t inflate at the speed...
Who is at fault if a car reverses from a parking bay into another car passing it.
I have a liability question. After making sure the road was clear in both directions, I pulled out of a farm shop entrance making a right turn heading east on to a B road. While I was turning, 50 meters...
One week before a non-fault accident I spent £700 on a service which included 4x new brake discs and 4x new brake pads. Diamond insurance has written off my car (they did not confirm whether this is...
Our car was recently "rear ended" sitting at a roundabount. The car went in for repair and as soon as we got it back we noticed the door open waring light and interior light would come on whenever we reversed...
I had an accident in my Vivaro 58 reg - only wing damage. The air-bag went off, it was replaced and repaired but now won't start. Fuel is getting to the fuel-rail, but not at high pressure. There's no...
My daughter, who has been driving for about 4 months, has had an accident. She has ran into the back of another vehicle. The police were involved and she had made every attempt to stop, however the car...
Following a rear-end shunt over 18 months ago (not my fault), my insurance company covered a major repair. The work was good, but a couple of problems related to the incident surfaced this summer, which...
I own a 2003 Suzuki Liana which has been written off by my insurance company after it was hit from behind. The garage they sent the car to said the repairs would be approximately £2700. The other motorist...
Last Thursday morning my daughter crashed her 2007 Clio 1.2 Sport with 33,000 miles showing. The insurers, Quote Me Happy, arranged for the car to be collected and taken to a depot. We are given to understand...
 

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