Accident Advice

[thewanted]

My wife had a small accident yesterday turning right out of a T-junction.

In the video it looks like she stops at the white line, and then creeps forward into the main road because the traffic approaching from the left is heavy. The blue car which was involved wants to keep it between us to avoid increased insurance premiums, but she's also mentioned "possible chassis damage" twice which worries me.

Based on the video, is it cut and dry that my wife is at fault? My wife said it looked like the blue car was giving her a gap, but then it looks like they got impatient and tried to zoom past her.

The damage to our car looks to be nothing more than it needing a bumper respray. Her car's damage is a scrape from behind the front wheel until the rear passenger door, and some sill damage. From the blurry, low quality photos she sent this morning, I can't tell if the bodywork is dented.

EDIT. I forgot to ask for advice. Is it worth the hassle of trying to deal with this privately, or is there a chance that insurance would go 50:50 based on the video?

EDIT #2: Video removed since this has been reported to the insurer.

 

[thewanted]

Thanks very much everyone. We both know she should have waited until both lanes were clear, but because there was a road closure, it caused a lot more traffic where she was.

We’ve reported it to the insurance company.

EDIT: Unsure whether to upload the footage.

 

[thewanted]

lol is this for real?

Delete the footage clearly showing your wife hit someone if you want to lie for 50/50

We all know that you love a bit of drama, but I didn't imply that we'd lie anywhere.