Accident Update

[jims-terrano]

Well guys I know some of you have asked how my wife is recovering after the accident at the beginning of December. Well she is recovering but it is going to be a very slow process. Day after Boxing Day I had to take her back to A&E and it turns out despite being told both feet had been trapped the hospital only examined one foot. The pain had been masking another fracture to her other foot. Anyway she is now able to get around the house with any walking aids. The consultant told her last week she will be another month before she can drive. She has been able to work from home since the new year so that has made her feel better in herself. We have had short trips out only walking short distances and hopefully gradually increasing. She will be a long time before she can resume Flyball and Agility with the dogs and also the dog walks that she loves. One step at a time and we both appreciate that she is still here and things could easily of been so different.
The truck has now been written off as a cat B so will never go on the road again. She served us well that truck right up to the end. We have finally accepted an off that is very reasonable though the insurance company have taken the excess so this has left it a little short of a replacement truck. At least we still had the project truck so once she is driving again we will still both be on the road. She has said that she wants another truck rather than a small car. We are keeping our eyes open and if the right truck comes up then we should be able to scrape together a reasonable amount if needed though prices are at a premium at the moment.
Our insurance company has not heard from the other company since the 8th December when they wrote to mine wanting to claim it as 50 50. Our insurance company has written and phoned them several times without reply. Last week our insurance company wrote again including the photos and also some more evidence we were able to pass on to them. They have also written to the police for their accident report. So we will wait and see what the other company come back with and how long it takes them. I have told our insurance company that we in no way accept any proportion of the blame and it is totally the other drivers fault and if necessary we will take further steps if they try to accept the 50 50 claim.

So all in all it looks like it is going to be a long drawn out recovery and claim.

We are not happy with how the authorities handled the accident at the time and feel they may have been negligent. So this in mind I don't wish to give details other than a complaint will be being lodged for this too.

I have now fitted front and rear facing dash cams in our vehicles now, feel like it is bolting the stable door after the horse has bolted. However lesson learnt and I feel bad that I was waiting until a big bill had been paid before buying a camera for her car.

I can only advise people to fit dash cams if you don't already have one.