Another example of the Police not dong their job properly

[T.C]

But is it the police's job to provide material to assist claimants in insurance disputes?

No, and it hasn't been for over 20 years.

The whole reason that the procedure for attending all RTC's was dropped was because too much time and resources were being spent acting as agents for the insurers.

Serious injury, fatalities or crashes where the law has not been complied with is a different matter, but at times we were attending 15 - 20 damage only crashes when we were not needed.

But that said, if a crash scene is attended, and if they say they are going to investigate, then everyone should be interviewed and if there is a suspicion of offences having been committed then they should be reported for said offences.

[Gilby104]

T.C. if she goes for insurance claim and PI claim, what weight do the police statements hold? Is she at a disadvantage in civil proceedings because she doesn't have her account logged properly.

As I said, this thread is not about liability, but if it were, then both the young lady and the driver could end up before the beak for careless driving, with the driver probably also being done for failing to comply with an obligatory traffic sign
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The weight of the Police statements would depend on the circumstances and any other evidence that was available.  In some cases the Police accounts have been so poor they have had to be discounted, and in one case, they actually had the locatiom as being about 2 miles from where the collision actually occured.

This is where the legal proffession should and can earn their corn.  Once it has been established that the Police have cocked up, then the likes of me can step in, bearing in mind that we only have to work on the balance of probability rather than beynd all reasonable doubt.

So to answer your question, your question, yes the claimant can be disadvantaged, but it can be corrected in the civil courts.

Thanks T.C. interesting to know.