Help identifying hit and run driver

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

Can you check DL too? Btw how are you checking that info?
Also are you able to check if any of those are sw?

I built a little script to query the motor checker tools :pac:

What do you mean by SW?

Looking by the video though, I've no idea why you would think it's a DL reg

NickDunne

5W30 wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, if we could identify the car by means of elimination, would the above image prove "inconclusive" by an insurance co. or in court? Because the reg isn't 100% clear?

Whats to stop the offending car getting a new wing and denying all knowledge of being in the area at the time?

What a poxy situation to be in OP. Just goes to show that paying the extra for a good dash cam can really pay for itself in one incident. Hope you catch the pr*ck!

bear1

Op was any paint from the skoda left on your car? I'm wondering if I could also be a light blue.

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

Op was any paint from the skoda left on your car? I'm wondering if I could also be a light blue.

There was no blue 02CW reg Octavias. One 02CN reg Octavia was blue though.

NickDunne wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, if we could identify the car by means of elimination, would the above image prove "inconclusive" by an insurance co. or in court? Because the reg isn't 100% clear?

Whats to stop the offending car getting a new wing and denying all knowledge of being in the area at the time?

What a poxy situation to be in OP. Just goes to show that paying the extra for a good dash cam can really pay for itself in one incident. Hope you catch the pr*ck!

I guess if we get clear enough video footage that leaves only 1 car, there's nothing stopping the Gardai to have a look at the car at the registered address.

I don't think there has been enough time to repair the damage. I'd say it will be an expensive paint repair and chances are the owner won't bother fixing it until the New Year.

If the Gardai found the damaged car it would be obvious. If it's the wrong reg then: "Sorry Garda, I must have mixed the order" :pac:

bear1

5W30 wrote: »

I built a little script to query the motor checker tools :pac:

What do you mean by SW?

Looking by the video though, I've no idea why you would think it's a DL reg

SW - station wagon.
DL popped into my mind probably after staring at it too long.
What's the reg of the light blue Skoda?

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

SW - station wagon.
DL popped into my mind probably after staring at it too long.
What's the reg of the light blue Skoda?

I skipped the Combi Octavias, there were a few.

The blue one was 02cn2589. No idea of the shade though. It could be blue blue :pac:

bear1

NickDunne wrote: »

Just out of curiosity, if we could identify the car by means of elimination, would the above image prove "inconclusive" by an insurance co. or in court? Because the reg isn't 100% clear?

Whats to stop the offending car getting a new wing and denying all knowledge of being in the area at the time?

What a poxy situation to be in OP. Just goes to show that paying the extra for a good dash cam can really pay for itself in one incident. Hope you catch the pr*ck!

I think the new wing would have a different level of paint on it. Using a paint tool you might be able to determine that the level of paint is different than the rest if the car. Judging by where the skoda was hit id bet that the rear door may have gotten a knock.

bear1

5W30 wrote: »

I skipped the Combi Octavias, there were a few.

The blue one was 02cn2589.

And saloon/hatchbacks? That one is defo a saloon. If you filter it what shows up?

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

And saloon/hatchbacks? That one is defo a saloon. If you filter it what shows up?

That year of Octavia doesn't come in a saloon.

They are either hatchback or estate although the hatchback looks a lot like a saloon :rolleyes:

EDIT: Still looking back at the Carlow registrations. That 02cw2032 reg appears to also has expired NCT since July 2015. Makes you wonder...

NickDunne

bear1 wrote: »

Judging by where the skoda was hit id bet that the rear door may have gotten a knock.

Spot on. Looks like the rear door took 99% of the knock. Now if only there was a way to get the address of a few 02 cn skodas. Any Guards reading, tis comin up to Christmas...

bear1

5W30 wrote: »

That year of Octavia doesn't come in a saloon.

They are either hatchback or estate although the hatchback looks a lot like a saloon :rolleyes:

Jays like two colombos. Right, it would be interesting to see if any of those regs listed have valid tax... Any which are missing valid tax could also help point in the right direction.
I did some more zooming options and its for sure a Carlow reg so id leave cavan alone for now which assumes the car is silver/grey and leaves us with 5/6 possible suspects.
Other thing too, id be interested to know how many of those cws are registered to a Dublin address.

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

Jays like two colombos. Right, it would be interesting to see if any of those regs listed have valid tax... Any which are missing valid tax could also help point in the right direction.
I did some more zooming options and its for sure a Carlow reg so id leave cavan alone for now which assumes the car is silver/grey and leaves us with 5/6 possible suspects.

See my previous post. 02cw2032 has expired NCT, transferred ownership last October.

Dunno about tax.

EDIT:
Checked the CW reges, 2 have expired NCT:
02cw2032: OCTAVIA (SILVER)
02cw2116: OCTAVIA (SILVER)

bear1

5W30 wrote: »

See my previous post. 02cw2032 has expired NCT, transferred ownership last October.

Dunno about tax.

I'm on the phone at the moment so I cant confirm but doesn't the motortax.ie website show if a car isn't taxed? The arrears owed I think it is.

bear1

Pretty sure it isn't 2116.

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

I'm on the phone at the moment so I cant confirm but doesn't the motortax.ie website show if a car isn't taxed? The arrears owed I think it is.

Nope, can't see tax expiry.

bear1

Op... I've an idea. Take all those regs for cw and also cn and go to the eflow website and select that you want to pay a toll. Insert the date this happened and see if any come back as having travelled the m50 at that time.

NickDunne

Maybe I'm reading too much into this but you'd have to question why the driver came off at that exit but headed straight for the entrance straight back onto the m1, definitely lost. Surely a Cavan driver would know the airport exit if they were definitely heading for the airport. Whereas a Carlow driver may have misjudged and came of an exit too early for the m50...

This is all assuming the car is registered to its native address but would definitely point towards a CW address.

bilbot79

bear1 wrote: »

Op... I've an idea. Take all those regs for cw and also cn and go to the eflow website and select that you want to pay a toll. Insert the date this happened and see if any come back as having travelled the m50 at that time.

It would need to have gone all the way to the n4 exit though. It may not have

5W30

bear1 wrote: »

Op... I've an idea. Take all those regs for cw and also cn and go to the eflow website and select that you want to pay a toll. Insert the date this happened and see if any come back as having travelled the m50 at that time.

Won't work. eFlow allows you to pay even if you didn't drive through...

Dord

5W30 wrote: »

That year of Octavia doesn't come in a saloon.

They are either hatchback or estate although the hatchback looks a lot like a saloon :rolleyes:

EDIT: Still looking back at the Carlow registrations. That 02cw2032 reg appears to also has expired NCT since July 2015. Makes you wonder...

The Octavia hatchbacks of that era are actually fastbacks so yeah would look kinda like a saloon. Interested in the tool you put together. Good job! :cool:

bear1

Yeah I just tried. Bollocks anyway.
We really need that video before doing anything else as its just not concrete enough.
Here is what we know:

Skoda driver comes off of the m1
Skoda driver then decides to head back onto the m1 heading southbound where the collision occurs.
Looking at the video the driver stays on the right side of the slip road suggesting a possible scramble for the tunnel.
Silver/grey 02-cw-2xxx mk1 Octavia.
One Octavia has changed hands 2 months ago and ab expired nct... Coincidence?

Its safe to assume that the Skoda hasn't come from the airport as for the collision to happen he/she would have had to run the subsequent red light.

Sam Quentin

bear1 wrote: »

Op was any paint from the skoda left on your car? I'm wondering if I could also be a light blue.

YES. 2 small streaks of light blue somehow ended up on my bumper immediately beyond the wing.
Didn't mention it because I really thought it was silver or grey!?
Very dark and raining.

5W30

Sam Quentin wrote: »

YES. 2 small streaks of light blue somehow ended up on my bumper immediately beyond the wing.
Didn't mention it because I really thought it was silver or grey!?
Very dark and raining.

If it's an 02CW2xxx reg then there is no registered in blue. Maybe Green?

02cw2136: OCTAVIA (GREEN)
02cw2239: OCTAVIA (GREEN)

And here are the two Cavan reges.

02cn2575: OCTAVIA (GREEN)
02cn2589: OCTAVIA (BLUE)

Again, we've asked 100 times but can you upload the RAW footage to a file sharing site?

Sam Quentin

Don't know if you can see this

blindside88

If you put the suspected reg into carsireland.ie it will show you the make, model, colour, nct expiry and tax expiry. I'm on the mobile at the min so can't do it. Click on "advertise" and you can enter the reg to check

mickdw

blindside88 wrote: »

If you put the suspected reg into carsireland.ie it will show you the make, model, colour, nct expiry and tax expiry. I'm on the mobile at the min so can't do it. Click on "advertise" and you can enter the reg to check

2032 doesn't have the tax info available on carsireland. I checked.
Still seems like that is not the right car now based on colour.

5W30

Still seems strange that it's blue or green.

I would have thought you would clearly see it blue or green in the video footage. Those Octavias seem to have really deep green or blue colours which would mean the car would appear almost black in the footage but it looks like a silver car to me.

See example colours for a Mk1 Octavia:
https://www.donedeal.ie/cars/Skoda/Octavia?year_from=1998&year_to=2004

blindside88

mickdw wrote: »

2032 doesn't have the tax info available on carsireland. I checked.
Still seems like that is not the right car now based on colour.

Ah sorry, it used to show you the tax expiry

Sam Quentin

Sorry, I'm trying to upload now to Google Drive

5W30

https://www.donedeal.ie/cars-for-sale/2002-octavia-1-4-petrol/10722659

This car has a blue shade to it but it comes up as GREY on motor check tools. I wonder if that's what's going here?