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If you get injured in a hit and run accident you may need to discuss your matter with compensation lawyers to find out what you can claim. Meeting with an accident and getting injured is certainly an unexpected and unfortunate incident. If you cause a motor vehicle accident you are required to stop your vehicle and provide your information to the other parties involved in the accident to help them make their claims. However, a number of hit and run accidents are reported in New South Wales each year where the injured persons are not able to trace the vehicle which caused the accident. A person who gets injured in a hit and run accident should try to find out the registration number of the vehicle which is responsible for the accident because the claims process can be commenced without delay when the other vehicle and its insurer are identifiable. In addition, if the injured person wants to claim benefits available under the Accident Notification Form, knowing the registration number of the other vehicle which is involved in the accident is a must. Asking the police, talking to the witnesses and publishing advertisements in the news papers are some of the ways which may be helpful in identifying the other vehicle. However, if the injured person is unable to find out the registration number of the other vehicle after such reasonable attempts, he will have to lodge a personal injury claim with the Nominal Defendant. Personal injury claims must be lodged with the Nominal Defendant within six months of the date of the accident. Then the Motor Accident Authority will randomly allocate the injured person’s claim to one of the insurers in New South Wales. The injured person will be informed of who his insurer is. After the claim is allocated, the relevant insurer will handle the claim in the same manner as an ordinary personal injury claim. More information on how your claim will be handled when the other vehicle is unidentifiable can be obtained from compensation lawyers.
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