New accident damage codes

[raymond]

New codes for accident damaged cars.
http://www.autoexpress.co.uk/car-ne...w-insurance-write-off-categories-from-october

 

[GazHyde]

That kind of makes sense, switching A - D with more descriptive ones.

• A: Scrap
• B: Break
• S: Structurally damaged repairable
• N: Non-structurally damaged repairable

 

[GazHyde]

Having read more in to this it looks fairly well thought out changes.

Further key changes to the Code of Practice include:

• The focus of vehicle categorisation should now be on establishing the level of damage to a vehicle from a technical perspective first. The aim of this is to improve the quality of ‘total loss’ and categorisation decisions, ensuring that, as far as a voluntary code is able, only those vehicles that can be safely repaired end up back on the roads.
• Minimum qualification requirements for all individuals who categorise vehicle salvage have been introduced. The Salvage Code of Practice will now include the requirement that only an Appropriately Qualified Person (AQP) can conduct categorisation of vehicle salvage and input the code onto the Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR) Database using a unique identifier (AQP ID). This will come into play in October 2019, giving assessors two years to upskill.
• The Institute of Automotive Engineer Assessors (IAEA) is a professional body referenced by the ABI within the Salvage Code of Practice to determine and assess the AQP standard and provide a competency card with a unique identifier for those persons that meet the criteria. Further details regarding these assessments will be published by the IAEA in the very near future.
• The Motor Insurance Anti-Fraud and Theft Register (MIAFTR) must be updated, indicating the salvage category, as soon as reasonably practical after the inspection.
• Structural damage to a motorbike frame will result in a Category B (e.g. Break) assessment and the frame will be crushed, addressing the growing issues of motorbike part theft and tampering with frame / engine numbers.

 

[GazHyde]

Found most of that from the Thatcham Research site (which is incidentally 2 miles from where I live).

http://www.mynewsdesk.com/uk/thatch...-practice-comes-into-play-1st-october-2183202