RTA How long is the process?

Personally I think there good chance of personally injury claim the way price of everything is going few extra thousands of euro would be nice for lot of people especially when you're car need towing away must be good impact. If was me it was almost rude not to claim 😳

The payout for a minor whiplash claim has now been cut to a level that most solicitors won't take them. Can't afford a barrister on what they get.

Did Garda say anything about do you for driving without due care and attention. Usually thay don't till court summons come in post

Yeah don't usually if Garda have ok attitude but if other driver go for personally injury claim solicitor push to get you done as better for pay out . and if Garda ask you go to Garda station for statment don't go without solicitor

OP rear ended another car. I seriously doubt that his being prosecuted for careless driving will materially affect the question of liability. What I mean is that the other party's solicitor would have to be very mean-spirited to push for a prosecution since it's pretty much an open and shut case as to who is liable.

And it might backfire as a tactic because the civil end of things would have to take a backseat if there was a pending prosecution. So if the other party and the OP's insurance can't agree on a settlement, they can't move forward with a civil action in the courts until the prosecution (and a possible appeal to the Circuit Court) are finished. All of which could add up to two years to the process.

Firstly your daughter might want to sue yourself (the driver) if she has permanent or long term injuries, physical or mental.

Often this is done by parent making a claim on behalf of daughter to insurance.

Secondly there is now an outstanding claim on your policy. When is the policy renewal date? When you go to renew if everything is not fully closed then you will not be able to switch insurer and your quote goes through the roof.

It sounds like you admitted fault to gardai and insurer. Gardai can bring you to court months later, they often don't tell you to your face, collect your statement and then bring you to court as they have targets to meet.

What are you doing for a car now? Often insurers may only supply a hire car for a certain limited number of days. You need to put a realistic/high value on your own car and haggle with insurer to get a car value payout so you can get on the road again.

Now comes in the other car. Do you have all their insurer details? Do you have a phone number for the other driver? Presumably they will need to get a quote for repairs, and often even minor damage can means thousands and car written off. It may take a few weeks for this to happen. They then need to haggle with your insurer. Some of the people in the car may have bruises, back pain, and physiological damage.

So best case 4 weeks but as this is probably messy probably 8 weeks to years.

Firstly get money for a replacement car asap so you can get back on the road. Keep hassling insurer. Beware they will try give you less than you need to buy equivalent car from a reputable dealer with warranty.

Happened to me. Smiles to face, go on ahead, then summons.

Do you think I am lying? No other vehicle was involved and less serious than this case being discussed. Actually told me to my face it would not be pursued and then a summons to appear in court later. It was more an accident that negligent driving and there were mitigating circumstances. They told me that was the end of it. In the end I showed up to court and they did not. I had to pay a solicitor as I needed my licence to travel constantly for work. Even insurers don't recommend to give statements to other driver nor gardai. In the heat of the moment you may say something that might be taken as you admitting it was your fault when the root cause may have been other vehicle or faulty car etc.

Best thing is give no statment for sure