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Old 20th May 2012, 18:49
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John R81
 
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Fred - No, I don't think so.

On a UK road then it is an offence for a person being the driver of a mechanically propelled vehicle and owing to the presence of that vehicle on the road or other such public place an accident having occurred whereby damage or injury was caused did fail to stop and give his name and address and identification marks of the vehicle.

Road Traffic Act 1988 s 170 (2)

If there are reasons for leaving without contacting the owner fo the vehicle then the accident should be reported to the Police within 24 hrs. Technically, there could still be a prosecution but if it is a non-injury accident it is not typical for that to happen.

However, this was on an airfield which has a gate and controlled access. Hence I don't think it qualifies as part of the public road (which would be the case in, say, the car park of Burger King).

John

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