An amazing start to the new year.

Post by **RattyMcClelland** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:04 pm

Donald actually wants nothing but secshual favours for free panels.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 12:29 pm

I've claimed off a council for dangerous road conditions before (a long time ago). It was surprisingly easy.

First you need to know whose road it is (i.e. if it's a district/borough council, county council or highway agency maintained road) so you raise it with the right place.
If you ring the roads/highways section of your local council and tell them you want to talk to them about raising a claim for poor road conditions they'll put you through to the right person at their end, then you can ask that person to check whose road it is. If it's not theirs, they'll tell you whose it is and then you ring them instead. They should talk you through how to raise a claim.

I just had to write a letter explaining what had happened. I included a load of photographs and a detailed sketches of the road too, making it crystal clear what I thought was the problem.

That was a while ago though, so they might have got a bit more advanced these days

but start off by ringing the local council anyway.

Going on the size of the road in the pics, I reckon yours will be a county council road...

hondaman · Post by **hondaman** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:15 pm

That sux fella, I feel for you hope you can get it sorted; something very similar almost happened to me a few years ago on a roundabout at the end of the village, where the school buses come round, luckily its falrly wide there, and I didn't end up in a pile of broken metal, but it had my 306 full 4 wheel drift round that because some twot had spilled diesel all over the road, I hate to think what would have happened if i'd been on the bike, had that once to often over the years, with enevitable results

Sybil Fawlty · Post by **Sybil Fawlty** » Sat Jan 03, 2015 1:25 pm

Hi EvilDmen
As wurlycorner said. Most A roads are county council responsibility/commercial service provider. You can also check on the highway agency web site to see who is responsible for that particular road.
Make sure you fill in as much info, photos of damage to vehicle, road surface and google map pin pointing site of accident. Then wait, you should get a letter of receipt. Then wait again while council and their insurance company investigate. This will be a long process so do not expect a quick turn around. Now I've bored you with more paper work......
Hope it works out good for you.

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