Aviva puts brakes on party bus whiplash claim
Insurer lashes out at ‘outrageous scale’ of fraud as it revealed successful fight against 46 claimants whose party bus collided with a Ford Fiesta.
When a Ford Fiesta collided with a double-decker party bus packed with revellers on a roundabout in Crewe it could have been a very nasty accident. Luckily the Fiesta was travelling at less than 10mph and there was just a small split in the car’s bumper and a £70 bill to fix the bus. Then came the real impact – a £250,000 insurance claim when every one of the 46 passengers said they had suffered a whiplash injury.
The details of the huge insurance claim were released on Thursday by insurance group Aviva, which had insured the driver of the Fiesta.
The accident happened as the Fiesta’s owner tried to overtake the doubledecker bus at low speed and was caught out as the bus turned onto the roundabout. Aviva accepted split liability for the accident with the insurer of the party bus. The car driver, described the impact as minimal.