Getting the Right Hire Vehicle After a Car Accident

Avoid a hire car horror after a car accident with Camps Solicitors

If you’ve been involved in a road traffic accident and it took place at any kind of speed, chances are that even if you haven’t been too badly injured, your car is probably in a bad way.

Modern vehicles are designed with the emphasis on keeping the people inside – you and any one you are travelling with – as safe as possible from injury in the event of a crash. This means incorporating several safety features, such as crumple zones, which whilst they might keep you safe, are probably going to leave your vehicle in a sorry state after the accident.

In addition to the obvious damage on the outside of your vehicle, the sophisticated electronics inside most modern cars will probably have suffered damage. This damage might need to be repaired by a specialist electrical engineer before your car is in a drivable condition again – something that might take several days or even weeks. Whilst you are waiting for your vehicle to come back from the garage, you are probably going to need a hire car to get around. But be careful that you don’t end up in a hire car horror story after contacting your insurance company.

Go through your insurance company for a replacement car, and it can often be pot luck what replacement car you are given. After all, it is in the insurance company’s interest to keep the costs of your accident as low as possible and keeping costs low probably means giving you a bog standard motor. Not only might you be left with a car that doesn’t meet your needs, but you might be faced with having to get used to a vehicle that handles entirely differently to your own car – at just the time when you didn’t need the extra complication.

Like-for-like hire with Camps Solicitors

Contact Camps Solicitors after your accident and you won’t have to worry about getting a one-size-fits-all replacement hire car. We are committed to providing not only the best car accident compensation services but also replacement hire cars on a like-for-like basis to any of our road accident clients who don’t have use of a vehicle after their accident. Using a network of specialist hire providers across England and Wales means wherever you live, and whatever you drive, we can usually get you a temporary replacement vehicle that fits your needs.