advice after minor rear end accident

If you felt a heavy bump, it will more that likely be more than just bumper damage. While the front end of a car is very soft to protect pedestrians, the rear crash structure is often so close to the bumper that it absorbs the impact, but without the plastic bumper actually bending enough to shatter like a front bumper would.

Get your car checked by a very reputable crash repair centre, or main dealer.

Any impact may cause neck or back injuries. I got whiplash a day after a rear ending and it's zero fun. I never did anything about it though as the situation was messy and I didn't need the hassle at the time.

Also, I don't mean to be pedantic, but it's Learner Permit, not License - he simply shouldn't be on the road unsupervised. If you really want to give him a chance, make sure you or the kids have no injuries, get a quote from a reputable repair place + hire care, and give him 48 hours to pay in cash.

But I predict that trying to be nice will get you absolutely nowhere with someone who A) can't be bothered to NCT the car and B) drives unsupervised. Otherwise, - insurance route is your only option.

Pass the details onto your insurance company.

As above. Report to your insurance, pass details on. Let them sort it out.

Fair enough, that puts it in a better light.

Screw the young lad? How did you come to that conclusion? This isn't personal whatsoever.

Whether you get rear ended by someone on their first driving lesson, or by a millionaire who was drink driving, the only way to protect yourself in a situation like this if to do things by the book. If getting a quick and fair outcome for the OP means that the young lads insurance goes up for a a few years, well so be it. Don't crash your car and it's not a problem.

The Op is entitled to have it fixed at their choice of garage not the person who did the damage. If he wishes to pay directly so be it, however he had no NCT and is lucky he's not being charged. "People like you" absolutely ridiculous statement, you need to grow up.

By the book is a figure of speech. The person who did the damage doesn't get to decide what backstreet garage superglues the OP's car back together, because it would be in their interest to cut corners.

You clearly haven't even read my first post, because I specifically said that I didn't claim for whiplash.

My insurance dropped by over 50% this year. €400 for a 250bhp car, and potentially millions in liability is a deal in my book. No crashing into someone, and driving a car with a valid NCT would avoid all this hassle for the other guy (and the OP).

Awkward enough, but the only option you have really. Knocking around is the best of a bad choice!

Regarding the NCT, there was a 4 month general extension, so it might still be valid.

Also, there is a long waiting list at present to get your car NCT. Current appointments are at the end of August! Comes as a bit of a shock to most people when they go to book their NCT a few weeks in advance.

If you have his address call around to him .and give him a quote from reputable crash repair place and tell him he have closed of business next day to call around and pay the bill or I will go the insurance route as I can't be bothered with waiting around and I hope you understand

Car insurance is crazy in this country is not because of people like kirving but because insurance companies here are fraudsters and Claims Handlers intentionally lie and mislead you in claims

Being rear ended there could be more damage to the car then just simply a crack bumper.

The OP has a choice after getting a quote to get the car repaired.

1 - Get the other party to pay for the damage, and that includes costs like rental of car and other expenses incurred

2 - Go though the other parties insurance

If going though the other parties insurance i would advise to go legal and get a solicitor involved to deal with the claim.

Insurance companies are the very reason why insurance is so expensive and why people go to solicitors/legal in the first place instead of corresponding with the insurance company in the first place.

If i'm ever in another car accident again, instead of corresponding with the insurance company, my first port of call would be hire a solicitor to act on my behalf in the claim.

The reason is because of my past experience with them, as the Claims Assessor intentionally lied to me and in my opinion tried to defraud me.

But if a claimant tries to defraud a insurance company they are made out to be low life, but when the insurance company/Claims Handler does it then it is brushed under the carpet and they don't want to know or even investigate it.

I didn't claim for personal injuries etc as i wasn't personally injured in the car accident and me being nieve i believe that they would act honorable which was a huge mistake

Fraud involves deceit with the intention to illegally or unethically gain at the expense of another

Fraud involves the false representation of facts, whether by intentionally withholding important information or providing false statements to another party for the specific purpose of gaining something that may not have been provided without the deception.

I was rear ended on a motorway in January 2020 which caused significant damage to my car. The 3rd party insurance company decided to economically write off my car.

The Claims Assessor phoned me and said the PAV according to them was x amount, i asked them where did they get the PAV from and the CA said "A car similar to yours was sold in Jan 2019 for x amount.

15 minutes before the CA phone me, he got an email giving details about my car and that it was sold in Jan 2019 for x amount and this is the amount of PAV of the car.

So within 15 minutes the PAV of my car changed from my car to a car similar to mine, which is Fraud as he is making false statements and withholding important information as i brought the car in Mar 2019 which they knew about.

Also my car is one of the few that it is going up in value since i brought it.

Also they said the scrap value of the car is Y amount and when i asked who is the scrap yard that put the offer in they gave a name of a company in Donegal, but that company didn't know anything about it and they said they wouldn't even touch my car as they only deal with VAG's which my car ain't.

You are reading it right

My car is an older car and the value of these cars are going up in value not down in value