Well that’s my five month holiday gone for a burton,

[Onemanandhisdog]

Would you want it back though, that’s a lot of damage?

That came straight after toilet cassette talk, I had to think about that one

 

[Barriesimpson]

Would you want it back though, that’s a lot of damage?

Because the insurance company are not going to pay what it is worth to the OP and to buy another one will be a lot of money.

 

[Figaro]

By the way, is the cassette now going spare

 

[busby]

Had similar in Germany back in 2010. German driver heading towards me on my side of the road..I braked and swerved off the road and onto grass verge and stopped..Just as I stopped he hit my passenger door and ripped side panels and locker doors off the van and then bounced off rear axle..My van was driveable but not habitable..After the police had come and gone I strapped passenger door up and we returned home via Dunkirk..Insurance Co wrote van off on inspection..Luckily they paid out fully..I kept my no claims and have not been financially punished for future insurance..No injuries so lucky.BUSBY

 

[Barclaybasher]

Sorry to hear about your accident but you are safe.
Regarding insurance you will probably be 'low-balled' as a first offer as to value if written off.
You might be offered a figure to keep the van and arrange to repair it yourself.
If you would rather get a new van and aren't offered enough just tell the insurance company to find you a van to the same spec.
Had 2 vehicles written off (3rd party at fault)
I'd never accept their first offer
Good luck

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[stevewagner]

Definitely a write off in my opinion

 

[Smudger55]

Sorry to hear about your accident, glad to hear you are okay. Wish you well in getting things sorted.

 

[Bessy765]

As it’s an Adria, any chance the insurance company could get it inspected where you are and possibly write it off there and then to avoid the cost of recovery. You should get three offers if you play hard ball. Start looking for the prices of comparable vans etc. if you have a lot of removable accessories when negotiating if the price is lower than comparable ones and the van is brought home you could build removing this of that to compensate the difference in pricing. I would be surprised looking at the van if they did not write it off given the availability of panels more so the interior fixtures and fittings. Wish you good luck.

 

[jerryz]

LV looked at my Van but did not even consider writing it off ,, I guess different insurance companies have different policies in claims handling ,,,, Mind You Weston Motor Bodies did a superb repair job ,,,for £13k thats on a van that would have cost £40k to replace at the time .

 

[Gaston aires]

Wrong place, wrong time. Hope it gets sorted quickly.
I would want it written off personally.
Phil

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[PaulW2]

Terrible business. Glad you're all well and hope you manage to get things sorted in as quick and stress-free a fashion as possible.

With you travelling at 90kmh I wonder how fast the car was going.

 

[MichaelT]

Falling asleep at the wheel, and driving very fast, if he hadn’t hit us he would have taken out the crash barrier,

How do you know he fell asleep, did he admit it?

 

[ShiftZZ]

Gutted for you

 

[Captain Yoghurtpot]

Wow, terrible, you must be really shaken up. Was the Renault driver breathalised ?

Firstly, sincerely wishing you well and glad that you were not hurt.
But secondly, the breathalysed comment is a very good shout, as in Spain, their Christmas celebrations of the 3 King's are on the 5th and 6th of this month.
Could the driver of the Renault have been out celebrating over these days ?
Might be worth getting a good statement from any police attending at the time, of the drivers physical condition , if indeed they did attend.
Just my thoughts, but I hope it all turns out well for you, going forward.

 

[Taran_Las]

I feel for you.

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[MartinandBev]

Hopefully you get sorted asap and repatriated asap, so sorry to read about this at the start of your trip, so very sad but at least you are ok

 

[PaulW2]

How do you know he fell asleep, did he admit it?

I wonder what the penalty is for saying "I fell asleep" rather than "I was fiddling around with my phone".

 

[bobnick]

Glad to hear you are ok.
Just interested, what was the impact speed to cause that damage.
If he was doing 90 (or was that you) what speed was he doing.
As mentioned just curious.

 

[MichaelT]

I wonder what the penalty is for saying "I fell asleep" rather than "I was fiddling around with my phone".

Still hearsay?

Edit: Until proven

 

[PaulW2]

Still hearsay?

Edit: Until proven

Of course. But in this case it's the self-report of the driver that may be interesting.

One can prove the phone stuff, if the right investigations are done. As one can prove the alcohol stuff.

But there are a limited number of reasons for crashing without braking into the rear of another vehicle on a motorway.

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[Brains]

I wonder what the penalty is for saying "I fell asleep" rather than "I was fiddling around with my phone".

I was involved in an incident in the UK where a driver fell asleep in heavy slow moving traffic.
He killed a pedestrian.
He is now serving a 7 year sentence.

Driving 'without due care and attention' is better than 'dangerous driving'

 

[ivorantony]

How do you know he fell asleep, did he admit it?

Yes he did…. after both vehicles where recovered to the garage, very apologetic but that doesn’t change my situation,

 

[ivorantony]

Glad to hear you are ok.
Just interested, what was the impact speed to cause that damage.
If he was doing 90 (or was that you) what speed was he doing.
As mentioned just curious.

Going at a fair lick I would say, he shoved us out to the outside lane, I narrowly missed hitting the centre crash barrier before steering both vehicles back to a too narrow hard shoulder,
I have four cameras recording constantly so should have video evidence of the accident,
Too shook up to view them yesterday,
Insurance said they will phone this morning so will see what they have to offer,

 

[ivorantony]

Firstly, sincerely wishing you well and glad that you were not hurt.
But secondly, the breathalysed comment is a very good shout, as in Spain, their Christmas celebrations of the 3 King's are on the 5th and 6th of this month.
Could the driver of the Renault have been out celebrating over these days ?
Might be worth getting a good statement from any police attending at the time, of the drivers physical condition , if indeed they did attend.
Just my thoughts, but I hope it all turns out well for you, going forward.

The driver didn’t appear inebriated to me, and as I was breathalysed I’m sure he was too,
I was busy clamping off a ruptured fuel pipe on the Megane that was pouring fuel into the rear of the motor home, after I had helped my wife over the crash barrier to relative safety I took the chance to isolate my rear battery, all scary stuff
I take my hat off to the emergency services, they where there in twenty minutes, but watching heavy trucks approaching while a good portion of my vehicle was sticking out into the slow lane is very unpleasant to say the least,

 

[bobnick]

Crickey, he must have been travelling if both vehicles were going forward and he did that damage.
Should be in the police report. Would be interesting if you could get a copy.
Anyway the main thing is no one was seriously hurt.

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[Debs]

That looks really scary, you did well to get to the roadside safely. Glad that no one was injured & hopefully the insurance claim will be sorted quickly for you and you can get back on the road.

Sad to see 1 less Vision around though.

 

[Mikey RV]

Glad you’re both safe and hopefully you will get insurance sorted asp.

 

[Westbarn1]

Looks like you may have saved the other drivers life, driving literally into your garage has given him a cushioned crash, as opposed to a hard collision with a metal barrier and perhaps a journey off road. Sorry your trip has ended at least you are okay. Looks like a write off to me, for both.

 

[Simon Meadwell]

Is it ok to use dash cam footage in france?
Not 100% sure you can. I would check first.

 

[Ralph-n-Bev]

Looks like you may have saved the other drivers life, driving literally into your garage has given him a cushioned crash,

Just what I thought.
Your quick thinking with the fuel pipe and batteries under the circumstances made the situation a lot less dangerous for you the other driver and road users too. I hope you get your insurance sorted out having the 4 cameras recording at the time of impact is s bound to speed things up for you. At least you are both safe with no injuries. Hope you get back home asap and get it sorted, to your liking.

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