Me and my cousin went out (in his car so no dashcam footage) today and came across an accident. A silver Skoda Fabia VRS was on its roof having hit the grass bank on the left and flipped. No other cars involved and the occupants were out of the car.

The occupants, assisted by someone else who had stopped, were directing traffic past and no sign of police. Now the assumption here is why bother phoning it in? They will have already phoned or someone sat in the queue will have done.

I thought stuff that, if they already know then so be it. I phoned 999 and told the police what had happened and lo and behold they were not aware! No wonder the occupants had not phoned it in...

Cops attended and the driver was twice the alcohol limit and was promptly arrested! The local officers put it out on their twitter feed. Another bellend off the road and off to court  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Well done. Learned to drive in 2011.
Bought a Micra - great little car
"Upgraded" to Kia Sportage - hated it
Proper upgrade to FL2 TD4 GS 60 reg Facelift - tailgate paint issues, fuel gauge rewire, transfer box failure at 36k miles, clutch at 60k
Reconditioned diff at 70k ish
Sold at 84k and now on a DS. Terribly unreliable.
Sold DS for a 2021 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV. Fingers crossed....
Sold Outlander for a 2014 SD4 SE Tech because I’m mental

Not all heroes wear capes

 Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto

Mikey wrote:

Not all heroes wear capes

To be honest it just shows how a simple call can lead to big things when ordinarily you might just ignore it thinking someone else has already done it. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey

Question:
If you are sober and, by mistake, you roll over in the ditch and nobody is hurt and no damage whatsoever is done except for the car, is it mandatory, in your country, to call the police? Or just the insurer is enough?

Alex,

no need in the UK in those circumstances.

Also, you can run over and kill an elephant, a giraffe, an ardvark, or a cat and there is no requirement to inform the Police.  Updated- Waiting for a Scotland v England 6 Nations home win. 24th Feb 2018
Gone-1972 88 SWB Soft top
Gone-1981 24v FFR Lightweight
Gone-2009 Freelander 2 TD4 GS manual
Gone before it bankrupted me- 2008 Discovery 3 TDV6 Auto
2013 Freelander 2 SD4 GS Auto

...........but not a dog!  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Almost forgot to post the tweet. Here it is!


 LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
LOT (Lord of Time) - University of Gallifrey