Accident reporting

An Accident report form is available to download in the downloads section below.

A copy of the standard conditions attached to a Private Hire Drivers licence is copied below

26. The driver of a private hire vehicle shall report to the Council as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any case within  seventy-two hours of the occurrence thereof, any accident to such private hire vehicle causing damage materially affecting the safety, performance or appearance of the Hackney Carriage or the comfort or convenience of persons carried therein. Compliance with this condition does not exempt the proprietor from his statutory liability to report accidents to the Police.

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