Official Guidance:
If you have an accident causing damage or injury you must give the following to anyone with ‘reasonable grounds for requiring them’, for example an insurance company:
your name and address
the vehicle registration number
You also need to give the owner’s name and address if the vehicle is not yours.
You must report the accident to the police within 24 hours if you do not give your details at the time of the accident.
You must also report the accident to your insurance company, even if you’re not planning to make a claim.
What else do you do? Unless you are planning to sort it out privately (dont) you give nothing, say nothing to the other party. Merely pass on all correspondence from the other party to your insurance company.
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