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Scotland Tayside · Scotland
Dundee Accident Management | Non-Fault Claims, 24/7
Dundee's Kingsway, A90 and Tay Road Bridge handle a steady flow of commuter and freight traffic. Non-fault drivers benefit from prompt recovery and organised evidence.
- Dundee & Scotland Tayside-wide cover
- Police Scotland literate
- Like-for-like replacement
- Independent engineer
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Dundee routes
24/7
Dispatch
£0
Upfront
24/7
UK response
Recovery dispatch and live claim handlers, 365 days a year.
Response
<60m
First contact SLA
Cost
£0
Upfront to driver
Do you cover non-fault accident claims across Dundee?
Yes - we coordinate non-fault car accident management across Dundee and the wider Scotland Tayside, including 24/7 recovery to a CCTV-monitored partner yard, secure storage, repair coordination through PAS 125 / BSI compliant repairers, like-for-like replacement vehicle screening and direct dialogue with the at-fault driver's insurer. Principal corridors covered include A90, A85, A92, Tay Road Bridge.
Local snapshot
Why Dundee non-fault claims need a Scotland Tayside-specific handler
Dundee's Kingsway, A90 and Tay Road Bridge handle a steady flow of commuter and freight traffic. Non-fault drivers benefit from prompt recovery and organised evidence.
"Dundee runs on 3 principal A-roads - that means the disclosure request usually goes to the council or the regional highway authority, and the 14-day CCTV window is what decides whether the evidence pack lands on time."- handler note for the Dundee corridor
Principal Dundee routes
Where the road sits in the highway-authority hierarchy decides where the disclosure request goes. We file with the right authority inside the 14 to 31-day CCTV retention window.
- A90
- A85
- A92
- Tay Road Bridge
Non-fault accident support across Dundee
Dundee is Scotland's fourth-largest city and one of the four unitary authorities that hold a Low Emission Zone designation under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019. With a resident population of approximately 148,000 (ONS 2021 Census, showing a slight reduction over the decade compared with the 2011 baseline) across roughly 60 km², the city is compact by Scottish standards - the urban area is densely packed between the Kingsway A90 dual carriageway to the north and the Firth of Tay to the south, with the historic centre running down the slope from the Law (an extinct volcanic plug rising 174 metres) to the waterfront. The city sits at the eastern end of the Tay estuary, opposite Newport-on-Tay in north Fife, and forms the regional centre for Angus, Perth & Kinross and north Fife.
Dundee's modern identity has been redefined by waterfront regeneration. The £1 billion Dundee Waterfront project, running from Riverside Drive in the west to Dundee East in the east, has transformed the riverfront over the past two decades - the most prominent symbol is V&A Dundee, the Kengo Kuma-designed museum that opened in September 2018 as the first V&A outside London, sitting alongside RRS Discovery (the polar exploration ship of Robert Falcon Scott, returned permanently to the city of her construction). The waterfront also hosts the Slessor Gardens, the new Dundee Railway Station and Sleeperz Hotel, and a revised urban grid that re-connected the city centre to the Tay after decades of severance by the former inner ring road approach to the Tay Road Bridge.
Dundee's road profile combines the Kingsway A90 dual carriageway (the city's principal trunk-road corridor, managed by Transport Scotland), the Tay Road Bridge (a 1.4-mile / 2.25 km road crossing of the Tay opened in 1966, with tolls abolished in February 2008), the Riverside Drive A85 coastal route and the A92 Coast Road heading east through Broughty Ferry toward Arbroath and Aberdeen. The city's heritage as the jute capital of the world - at peak in the late nineteenth century the city processed the bulk of the world's jute fibre, drawn from Bengal and shipped through the Camperdown and King William IV docks - left a built environment of substantial sandstone mills, many now converted to housing, university accommodation, or creative workspace. A non-fault claim opened with us in Dundee reflects these geographic and operational specifics - we file CCTV disclosure with the correct authority (Transport Scotland for the A90 and A92 trunk sections, or Dundee City Council for local roads) inside the retention window for the collision location.
Population
~148,000
Area
60 km²
Density
~2,467 per km²
Postcodes
5 districts
Areas covered
10+
Council
Dundee City Council
Coverage detail
Postcode coverage in Dundee
Dundee sits at the centre of the DD postcode area, which extends well beyond the city boundary into Angus, Perth & Kinross and northern Fife. The districts listed above (DD1 through DD5) are the postcodes that fall predominantly inside the Dundee City Council unitary area - DD1 covering the city centre and waterfront, DD2 to the west through Lochee and Menzieshill, DD3 through Hilltown and Stobswell, DD4 through Whitfield, Fintry and Douglas to the east, and DD5 covering Broughty Ferry and the eastern suburbs. Wider Angus districts (DD6 through DD11) cover Newport-on-Tay, Carnoustie, Arbroath, Forfar, Brechin and Montrose, which sit outside the Dundee City unitary boundary but are functionally part of the city's commuter and travel-to-work area. We coordinate non-fault accident claims across every DD1 to DD5 district inside the council boundary, with recovery routed to a CCTV-monitored partner yard inside the Kingsway A90 ring or just outside it depending on the collision location.
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Neighbourhoods
Areas and neighbourhoods we cover in Dundee
We support non-fault drivers, riders and cyclists across every neighbourhood in Dundee. Each area below is fully inside our service envelope, with recovery, storage and credit hire arrangements adjusted for the local road geometry.
City Centre
DD1Waterfront, V&A Dundee, RRS Discovery, Nethergate and the High Street - dense pedestrian and cycle activity, recurring rear-end shunts on the inner city grid and at the Riverside Esplanade waterfront junctions.
Stobswell
DD3Inner-north Dundee residential area; home to both Dens Park (Dundee FC) and Tannadice Park (Dundee United) on the same street - matchday traffic management on Sandeman Street and the Strathmartine Road approaches.
Broughty Ferry
DD5Eastern suburb on the Tay estuary; A930 Forfar Road and Brook Street corridors carry commuter traffic, with seafront and harbour parking pressure during summer weekends.
Hilltown
DD3Inner-north area rising from the city centre toward the Law; Hilltown and Strathmartine Road are recurring junction collision clusters.
Lochee
DD2Western district built around the former Camperdown Works jute mills; A923 Coupar Angus Road is the principal corridor, with the Lochee High Street one-way system a recurring low-speed conflict point.
Whitfield
DD4Peripheral north-east housing area; Forfar Road and Whitfield Drive carry commuter traffic onto the Kingsway A90 at Forfar Road junction.
Fintry
DD4North-east peripheral housing estate; Fintry Drive and Findcastle Street feed onto the Kingsway A90 at Mains Loan.
Charleston
DD2Western peripheral housing area on the Coupar Angus Road A923 corridor; rear-end shunts at the Charleston Drive / A923 junction.
West End
DD1/DD2Conservation area west of the city centre containing the University of Dundee Nethergate campus; Perth Road A85 is the principal radial.
Menzieshill
DD2Western peripheral estate above Ninewells Hospital; Dickson Avenue and South Road feed onto the A85 Riverside Drive corridor.
Road network
Major roads and known hazards in Dundee
The road authority for each route is identified so the right disclosure request (council, combined authority, National Highways or Transport Scotland / Welsh Government) can be filed inside the typical 14 to 31-day CCTV retention window.
| Reference | Road / corridor | Authority | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| A90 | Kingsway | Transport Scotland | Principal trunk dual carriageway along the northern edge of the city; at-grade signalised junctions at Myrekirk, Camperdown, Strathmartine, Forfar Road and Claypotts; 50mph urban section. |
| A92 | Coast Road / Tay Road Bridge | Transport Scotland | Trunk route across the Tay Road Bridge (1.4 mile / 2.25 km, tolls abolished 2008) and east through Broughty Ferry toward Arbroath; significant crosswind exposure on the bridge. |
| A85 | Riverside Drive / Perth Road | Transport Scotland | Western trunk route along the south of the city from the waterfront out through the West End toward Perth; close to the waterfront regeneration corridor. |
| A923 | Coupar Angus Road | Council | North-west radial from the city centre through Lochee toward Coupar Angus and Blairgowrie; meets the Kingsway A90 at Myrekirk. |
| A929 | Strathmartine Road / Forfar Road | Mixed | North-east radial from the city centre through Stobswell to the Kingsway A90 and on toward Forfar; carries Dens Park / Tannadice matchday traffic. |
| A930 | Forfar Road / Arbroath Road (Broughty Ferry) | Council | Eastern radial from the city centre through Stobswell and Craigie to Broughty Ferry; parallel to the A92 Coast Road. |
| A991 | Inner Ring Road | Council | Council-managed inner ring around the city centre, including Marketgait, West Marketgait and East Marketgait; carries the principal city-centre circulation. |
| B978 | Claypotts Road | Council | Local connector at Claypotts Junction; recurring left-hook conflicts at the Kingsway A90 / A92 junction. |
Dundee's traffic profile
Dundee's most distinctive traffic feature is the Kingsway A90 - a dual carriageway running along the northern edge of the city from the Swallow Roundabout in the west, where it joins the A90 trunk route from Perth, around the top of the urban area to the east, where it continues as the A90 toward Forfar, Brechin and ultimately Aberdeen. The Kingsway acts as the city's de facto northern bypass and carries the bulk of through-traffic that would otherwise have to grind through the city centre. Its junctions at Myrekirk (A923 Coupar Angus Road), Camperdown (the A90 west into Perthshire), Strathmartine (A929 north), Forfar Road (A929/A90 east), and Claypotts (A92 east toward Broughty Ferry) all see recurring rear-end shunts and merging collisions at peak hours, with the Claypotts junction in particular cited frequently in Police Scotland Tayside Division collision statistics.
The Tay Road Bridge is the second defining feature. Carrying the A92 between Dundee city centre and Newport-on-Tay in north Fife across 2.25 km / 1.4 miles of the Tay estuary, the bridge opened in August 1966 and was originally tolled with a southbound-only toll plaza on the Fife side. Tolls were abolished by the Scottish Government on 11 February 2008 (alongside the Forth Road Bridge tolls) and the bridge is now a free crossing. The bridge has a distinctive central walkway and cycleway raised between the two carriageways - this is unusual in UK road bridge design and constrains the layout for incident response, because emergency vehicles cannot cross the walkway barrier. The crosswind exposure on the bridge is significant; high-sided vehicle restrictions and full bridge closures during gales are coordinated by the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board.
Riverside Drive (A85) runs along the south-western shore of the city from the waterfront eastward into the Discovery Quay area, then connects to the city centre through the South Marketgait dual carriageway and on through Seagate to the Tay Road Bridge approach. The waterfront regeneration changed the geometry of the central road network - the former twin-deck Tay Road Bridge approach was dismantled in 2013 and replaced with an at-grade urban grid, which improved pedestrian permeability but introduced new conflict points at the new junction at Riverside Esplanade. Dundee also carries substantial student traffic from the University of Dundee (Nethergate campus, around 16,000 students) and Abertay University (Bell Street, around 4,000 students), both of which sit close to the city centre and feed cycling and pedestrian flows that intersect the principal radial routes.
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Section 3 of the walkthrough.
Kingsway A90 from Swallow Roundabout to Claypotts Junction
The Kingsway A90 between Swallow Roundabout in the west and Claypotts Junction in the east is the busiest single piece of road in Dundee. Running for roughly six miles along the northern edge of the urban area, the corridor carries through-traffic on the A90 trunk route between Perth and Aberdeen, local commuter flow from the northern suburbs of Mid Craigie, Fintry, Whitfield and Douglas into the city centre, and substantial HGV traffic serving the industrial estates at Camperdown, West Pitkerro and Claverhouse. The corridor is a continuous dual carriageway with at-grade signalled junctions at the major radial intersections (Myrekirk, Camperdown, Strathmartine, Forfar Road and Claypotts), which is unusual for a strategic trunk route - most A90 sections outside Dundee run grade-separated.
Collisions on this corridor are concentrated at the signalised junctions, where traffic decelerates from 50mph dual-carriageway speeds into queuing turn-pockets, and on the merges back onto the Kingsway where short slip lanes force compressed merging. Transport Scotland CCTV coverage on this corridor has expanded with the rollout of the operating company's traffic management infrastructure - gantry-mounted and pole-mounted cameras cover the main junctions and the approaches. We lodge CCTV preservation requests with the Transport Scotland operating company within 72 hours of intake. The retention window is typically 28 days but varies by camera and recording system, so prompt notification matters. The Claypotts Junction at the eastern end, where the A90 Kingsway meets the A92 Arbroath Road and the B978 to Broughty Ferry, is the corridor's most-cited collision cluster - a complex signalised crossroads with multiple turning movements and recurring left-hook conflicts between through-traffic and turning vehicles.
What makes Dundee claims distinctive
Dundee's claim profile reflects the city's role as the regional centre for Tayside, the home of V&A Dundee and RRS Discovery on the waterfront, and a substantial student city. Daytime population swells above the resident 148,000 thanks to commuters travelling in from Angus on the A90, from Perth on the A90 west, from north Fife across the Tay Road Bridge on the A92, and from the wider DD postcode area. Tourist traffic to V&A Dundee, RRS Discovery, Discovery Point and the wider waterfront has been substantial since the V&A opened in September 2018 - visitor numbers in the first year exceeded 800,000 against an original projection of 350,000, with coach and car traffic concentrating at the Riverside Drive and Riverside Esplanade approaches. The University of Dundee (around 16,000 students across the Nethergate campus and the Ninewells medical school) and Abertay University (around 4,000 students at Bell Street, with a particular concentration in computer games development) bring substantial term-time inflow.
Dundee is one of only two UK cities with two senior football clubs whose home grounds sit on the same street - Dundee FC at Dens Park and Dundee United at Tannadice Park, both on Sandeman Street / Tannadice Street in the Stobswell DD3 area, with the two stadiums roughly 200 metres apart. The Dundee Derby is one of the most concentrated football crowd events in the UK by geography - matchday traffic on the surrounding streets, particularly Provost Road, Strathmartine Road and the Kingsway approaches, is heavily managed by Police Scotland Tayside Division. The Dundee Low Emission Zone came into force on 30 May 2024 covering a defined city-centre area and applying to all motor vehicles under the Scottish LEZ regime, which adds a compliance-screening step to replacement vehicle placements for Dundee collisions. The implication for non-fault claims is that the third-party driver is often non-resident - a Fife or Angus commuter, a V&A or Discovery visitor, or a student - which can complicate identification and post-collision communication if details were not exchanged correctly at the scene.
Clean Air Zone
The Dundee Low Emission Zone came into force on 30 May 2024 - the third of Scotland's four LEZs to commence enforcement after Glasgow (June 2023) and ahead of Edinburgh (1 June 2024) and Aberdeen (also 2024). The zone covers a defined area of the Dundee city centre, with boundary signage at the perimeter access points. The Scottish LEZ regime - established under the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 and the supporting Low Emission Zones (Scotland) Regulations 2021 - applies to ALL motor vehicles entering the zone, not just specified vehicle classes as in some English Clean Air Zones. Vehicles must meet minimum emission standards (Euro 6 for diesel, Euro 4 for petrol) to enter without penalty. The standard penalty charge is £60, reduced by 50% if paid within 14 days, and the penalty doubles for each subsequent contravention within a 90-day period - second contravention £120, third £240, fourth £480 - up to a capped maximum that varies by vehicle type (£480 for cars, higher for HGVs and minibuses). Replacement vehicles for Dundee claims are screened against the live LEZ position at the date of placement, and we record the LEZ-compliance basis of the placement on the claim file.
Tolls and charges
There are no toll roads or tolled crossings in or around Dundee. The Tay Road Bridge between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay was originally a tolled crossing from its opening in 1966, but the tolls were abolished by the Scottish Government on 11 February 2008, alongside the abolition of the Forth Road Bridge tolls. The bridge is now a free crossing operated by the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board. No congestion charge applies in Dundee. Dundee Airport (a small regional airport at Riverside Drive serving primarily the London City Airport route) does not operate a drop-off charge of the kind seen at larger UK airports.
Speed limits
20mph is the default speed limit on most council-managed residential streets in central Dundee following Dundee City Council's phased rollout, which aligns with the wider Scottish Government direction toward 20mph defaults on residential streets. Principal A-roads inside the city sit at 30 or 40mph depending on the section. The Kingsway A90 is signed at 50mph through the urban section as a dual carriageway with at-grade signalised junctions - this is lower than the 70mph national limit for dual carriageways because of the urban context and the frequency of signalised intersections. The Tay Road Bridge is signed at 50mph. Trunk roads outside the urban area (the A90 north toward Aberdeen and west toward Perth) run at the national 70mph limit for cars.
Recovery and storage in Dundee
Recovery on the Kingsway A90, the Tay Road Bridge and the A92/A85 trunk sections is coordinated under Transport Scotland's Network Management Contract - the operating company holds CCTV from gantry-mounted and pole-mounted cameras on the busiest sections, including the bridge approaches. Local-road recovery inside the city is coordinated with Dundee City Council. The Tay Road Bridge Joint Board has its own operational protocols for incident recovery on the bridge itself - bridge incidents typically require either a full closure or a tidal-flow management arrangement, depending on the position of the casualty vehicle. We aim to keep recovery mileage low and route the vehicle to a CCTV-monitored partner yard inside or close to the Kingsway A90 ring.
Reporting via Police Scotland
Police Scotland is the single territorial police force for the whole of Scotland - there is no separate territorial force for Dundee as there is for English cities. The local policing arrangements for Dundee fall under Police Scotland's Tayside Division (alongside Angus and Perth & Kinross). Non-injury reportable collisions are reported either at a Police Scotland station, via 101, or through the Police Scotland online reporting route. Scottish small-claims procedure (the Simple Procedure under the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014) differs in important respects from the English small-claims track - the financial limit and the procedural rules are set by the Scottish Civil Justice Council. Sheriff Court action arising from Dundee collisions is raised at Dundee Sheriff Court on West Bell Street.
Vehicle profile and credit hire in Dundee
A non-fault claim arising from a Dundee collision sits inside the Scottish legal system. Limitation periods, the rules on contributory negligence, and the procedure for raising court action are governed by Scots law - the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 sets a three-year prescriptive period for personal injury claims running from the date of the accident or the date of knowledge, with provisions for equitable extension that differ from the English Limitation Act 1980. The Scottish Ambulance Service is the single ambulance trust for the whole of Scotland and operates a Tayside operational area covering Dundee, Angus and Perth & Kinross. We coordinate the claim under Scots law where the collision occurred in Scotland.
Local infrastructure
Hospitals, policing and public transport in Dundee
Hospitals serving Dundee
- Ninewells HospitalMajor Trauma Centre · NHS TaysideDD1 9SY
- Royal Victoria HospitalCommunity · NHS TaysideDD2 1SP
- Stracathro HospitalAcute · NHS TaysideDD9 7QA
- Perth Royal InfirmaryAcute (A&E) · NHS TaysidePH1 1NX
Policing and reporting
Police force: Police Scotland · Tayside Division (covering Dundee City, Angus and Perth & Kinross - with neighbourhood policing teams across the Dundee city area)
Non-injury reportable collisions in Dundee are reported via the force's online Collision Reporting Service. The Road Traffic Act 1988 duty to report at a police station within 24 hours applies to injury collisions, undetermined-blame collisions and where details have not been exchanged at the scene.
Ambulance trust
Scottish Ambulance Service (Tayside operational area)
Public transport
Dundee Railway Station on the waterfront, on the East Coast Main Line and the Glasgow-Aberdeen line, with direct services to Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen and London King's Cross. The Xplore Dundee bus network (operated by McGill's Buses Scotland East following the acquisition of the former Xplore Dundee operation) provides the city's principal bus services, alongside Stagecoach East Scotland routes serving the wider Tayside area. Dundee Airport at Riverside Drive serves the London City route. The Tay Ferries between Dundee and Newport-on-Tay closed in 1966 on the opening of the Tay Road Bridge.
Hotspots
Known incident hotspots in Dundee
- Kingsway A90 Claypotts Junction - at-grade signalised crossroads with A92 and B978; recurring left-hook conflicts
- Kingsway A90 Forfar Road junction - peak-time queueing on the A929 turn-pocket
- Kingsway A90 Strathmartine junction - merging collisions onto the dual carriageway
- Tay Road Bridge approaches at Riverside Esplanade - crosswind and bridge-deck transition
- Tay Road Bridge mid-span - high-sided vehicle restrictions during gales coordinated by Tay Road Bridge Joint Board
- Riverside Drive A85 / Discovery Quay - pedestrian conflict around V&A Dundee and Discovery Point
- A92 Arbroath Road east of Claypotts - rural-to-urban transition collisions
- Sandeman Street / Tannadice Street on Dundee Derby matchdays - concentrated crowd traffic
- Hilltown / Strathmartine Road junction - recurring low-speed urban shunts
- Lochee High Street one-way system - pedestrian conflict and rear-end shunts
What we do
Accident management, end-to-end, for non-fault drivers in Dundee
From the moment you call us at the roadside to the day the at-fault driver's insurer settles your claim, we coordinate every step of a non-fault accident in Dundee. You drive away in a like-for-like replacement; we deal with the recovery, the storage, the engineer, the repairer and the insurer correspondence. There is no upfront cost. The schedule is recovered from the at-fault driver's insurer under established UK credit-hire authority.
01 · Recovery
24/7 accident recovery anywhere in Dundee
A flatbed or wheel-lift recovery vehicle is dispatched to the scene of your collision within minutes of your call. Recovery runs 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with realistic ETAs that reflect peak-time congestion and the local road geometry around Dundee.
Your vehicle is taken to a CCTV-monitored partner yard kept inside or close to Dundee so recovery mileage stays low - that protects the recovery line from third-party insurer challenge weeks later, and keeps your vehicle accessible if you need to retrieve personal items.
- Police-protocol coordination on motorways and trunk roads
- Damaged-vehicle, immobile-vehicle and mobile-vehicle recovery
- Photographic record on collection and arrival
02 · Replacement vehicle
Like-for-like replacement on credit hire
Where credit hire is appropriate (Lagden v O'Connor; Dimond v Lovell), the at-fault driver's insurer is responsible for placing you into a like-for-like replacement vehicle while yours is repaired or replaced. That means equivalent class, equivalent fuel type, equivalent transmission and equivalent practical capability - not a token economy car.
Every replacement placed in Dundee is screened against any local Clean Air Zone, Low Emission Zone or congestion-charging scheme that applies, so the vehicle is usable on your normal route from day one. No additional charge to you.
- Door-to-door delivery and collection
- Equivalent class - saloon, SUV, van, taxi or PHV
- Hire window matched to repair window so no gap
03 · Engineering & repair
Independent engineer, then PAS 125 / BSI-compliant repair
Before any repair starts we commission an independent engineer's report. The engineer is not on the at-fault insurer's panel and is not paid out of a cost-controlled budget - they assess the damage against full retail repair scope and your vehicle's pre-accident specification.
The repair itself runs through a partner repairer who works to PAS 125 / BSI standards, with a full audit log, manufacturer-approved parts where specified, and a structural integrity sign-off on Cat S retentions before the vehicle returns to the road.
- Independent engineer, not the insurer's panel engineer
- PAS 125 / BSI compliant approved partner repairers
- Manufacturer-approved parts where specified
04 · Insurer claims handling
We deal with the at-fault insurer; you do not
Once the file is open, every letter, schedule, evidence pack request, chase and counter-offer with the at-fault driver's insurer goes through us. You do not need to be on a recorded line, you do not need to draft a Section 170 statement yourself, you do not need to keep a chase calendar. We do.
Where the at-fault driver is uninsured or untraced, we route the claim through the Motor Insurers' Bureau under their 2017 Uninsured / Untraced agreements, with your separate written consent. Where injury is involved, we refer to an authorised legal partner - again only with your separate written consent.
- Notification, evidence pack, schedule, chase, settlement
- MIB routing for uninsured / untraced drivers
- Separate, opt-in consent for any injury referral
How we help
Your Dundee non-fault claim, in five steps
The first hour after a non-fault collision sets the evidential foundation for the whole claim. Open the file with us inside that hour and the rest runs to a predictable timetable.
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Hour 0-1
Call us at the scene
Make the scene safe, exchange details, photograph the layout and signals. Call us inside the first hour so we can dispatch recovery and start drafting evidence requests before CCTV retention windows expire.
- 02
Hour 1-24
We dispatch recovery
A 24/7 recovery vehicle takes you and your car to a CCTV-monitored partner yard. We file the police report (if reportable) and lodge the council, county and National Highways disclosure requests inside the 14-day retention window.
- 03
Day 1-3
Independent engineer inspection
We commission an independent engineer's report. Repair scope and like-for-like specification are evidenced before the at-fault insurer's first reserve is set, so the schedule is grounded on retail comparables, not auction prices.
- 04
Day 3-14
Replacement vehicle + repair
You collect a like-for-like replacement screened against any local clean-air or low-emission scheme. Repair runs in parallel through a PAS 125 / BSI-compliant approved partner repairer. Or, on a total loss, retain Cat S/N salvage if you prefer.
- 05
Week 4-12
Settlement coordination
We pursue the at-fault driver's insurer for the schedule (vehicle value, hire, storage, recovery, excess refund, loss of use). You pay nothing. Property damage typically settles in 6-18 weeks; injury referrals run on a separate consented track.
Why drivers in Dundee choose us
Local-authority literate. Itemised. Insurer-friendly.
We are not a referral broker, a claims farm or a generalist national handler with a map pinned to the wall. We work Dundee road-by-road, authority-by-authority, and we keep an evidence pack tight enough to defend on challenge.
"Two things matter on a non-fault claim: did you preserve the evidence in the first 72 hours, and is the schedule clean enough that the at-fault insurer cannot pick holes in it. The rest is just chase."- internal claims handling note, applied to every Dundee file
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Major routes covered
24/7
Dispatch in Dundee
£0
Upfront cost
PAS 125
Repair compliance
14-31d
CCTV retention discipline
Police Scotland
Police protocol literate
Local-authority literate
We file CCTV and signal data disclosure with the right council, county, National Highways or police force inside the typical 14 to 31-day retention window - not a generic catch-all template.
Independent engineer, not insurer panel
Our engineers are not paid out of a cost-controlled insurer budget. They assess damage against full retail repair scope and your vehicle's pre-accident specification.
Itemised, transparent schedule
Every line - daily hire rate, storage day count, recovery distance, engineer's fee, repair scope items - is documented and disclosable on request. Nothing bundled into a 'claims handling fee'.
Direct insurer dialogue
We talk to the at-fault driver's insurer directly. No chase-by-email through a portal, no waiting weeks for a callback. The schedule moves on a defined cadence.
PAS 125 / BSI compliant repair
Approved partner repairers only. Manufacturer-approved parts where specified. Structural integrity sign-off on Cat S retentions. Full audit log on every job.
Salvage retention if you want it
Want to keep your car after a Cat S or Cat N total loss? We negotiate the deduction against the insurer's salvage agent's actual buy-back rate and coordinate the DVLA paperwork.
Ready when you are
Open your Dundee non-fault claim in under five minutes.
Vehicle types we handle
Cars, vans and motorbikes across Dundee
Different vehicle classes carry different evidential and recovery requirements. We adjust the playbook so the right specialist is on scene and the right insurer route is opened - whether you drive a private car, run a tradesperson's van or ride a motorbike across the Scotland Tayside.
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Cars
Non-fault private-car accidents in Dundee, including rear-end shunts, junction collisions and motorway interaction with HGV freight on routes such as A90. Like-for-like replacement, engineer inspection and PAS 125 / BSI compliant repair.
Car claims →02
Vans
Tradespeople and delivery drivers across Scotland Tayside can lose hours per day a van is off-road. We prioritise quick recovery, like-for-like van replacement and tools / load handling on collection so you keep working.
Van claims →03
Motorbikes
Specialist recovery for motorcycles in Dundee, careful evidence capture for SMIDSY (Sorry Mate I Didn't See You) liability disputes, and consented injury referrals to authorised legal partners under UK GDPR Article 7.
Motorbike claims →Service lines in Dundee
Recovery, storage, repair, hire - all covered
Each step of the claim has a dedicated service page with the policy and process detail. Use the links below to read more about a specific stage of the Dundee claim journey.
Recovery →
24/7 dispatch to a CCTV-monitored partner yard.
Storage →
Daily-logged secure storage with photographic record.
Repair management →
PAS 125 / BSI compliant approved repairers.
Engineer inspection →
Independent engineer, retail repair scope.
Credit hire →
Like-for-like replacement screened for local zones.
Insurer claims handling →
Direct dialogue with the at-fault insurer.
Uninsured / hit-and-run →
Routed via the Motor Insurers' Bureau.
Motorway recovery →
Police-protocol coordination on trunk routes.
Frequently asked questions
- Does Dundee have a Low Emission Zone?
- Yes - the Dundee Low Emission Zone came into force on 30 May 2024, the third of Scotland's four LEZs to commence enforcement. The zone covers a defined city-centre area and applies to ALL motor vehicles under the Scottish LEZ regime established by the Transport (Scotland) Act 2019. Minimum standards are Euro 6 for diesel and Euro 4 for petrol. The standard penalty is £60 (reduced by 50% if paid within 14 days), and the penalty doubles for each subsequent contravention within a 90-day period up to a capped maximum. We screen replacement vehicles against the live LEZ position at the date of placement.
- Who is the police force for Dundee?
- Police Scotland - the single territorial police force for the whole of Scotland. Local policing for Dundee falls under Police Scotland's Tayside Division, which also covers Angus and Perth & Kinross. Non-injury reportable collisions are reported either at a Police Scotland station, via 101, or through Police Scotland's online reporting route. There is no Dundee-specific online collision reporting tool of the kind some English police forces operate - the Police Scotland route applies across the whole of Scotland.
- Are there tolls on the Tay Road Bridge?
- No - the Tay Road Bridge tolls were abolished by the Scottish Government on 11 February 2008, alongside the abolition of the Forth Road Bridge tolls. The bridge is now a free crossing operated by the Tay Road Bridge Joint Board. Incidents on the bridge itself are coordinated under the Joint Board's operational protocols, which typically involve either a full closure or a tidal-flow management arrangement depending on the position of the casualty vehicle. The bridge is also subject to high-sided vehicle restrictions and full closures during gales.
- How does Dundee Derby matchday traffic affect claims?
- Dens Park (Dundee FC) and Tannadice Park (Dundee United) sit roughly 200 metres apart on Sandeman Street / Tannadice Street in Stobswell DD3 - Dundee is one of only two UK cities with two senior football grounds on the same street. Matchday traffic on Provost Road, Strathmartine Road and the Kingsway approaches is heavily managed by Police Scotland Tayside Division, particularly when both clubs play at home on the same weekend or during the Dundee Derby itself. The collision profile on derby days shifts toward concentrated low-speed urban shunts in the half-hour windows before and after the fixture.
- Does V&A Dundee affect city-centre traffic patterns?
- Yes - V&A Dundee on the waterfront has been a major visitor attraction since opening in September 2018, with first-year visitor numbers exceeding 800,000 against an original projection of 350,000. Coach and car traffic concentrates at the Riverside Drive and Riverside Esplanade approaches, particularly on weekends and during school holidays. The waterfront regeneration also dismantled the former twin-deck Tay Road Bridge approach in 2013 and replaced it with an at-grade urban grid, which introduced new conflict points at the new junction at Riverside Esplanade that did not exist in the pre-regeneration road layout.
- Which hospital will I be taken to after a Dundee collision?
- Ninewells Hospital on the western edge of the city (DD1 9SY) is the major acute and trauma centre for Tayside, run by NHS Tayside, and is where most serious road traffic casualties from Dundee, Angus and north Fife are taken by the Scottish Ambulance Service. The Royal Victoria Hospital in West Ferry (DD2 1SP) is a community hospital. Stracathro Hospital near Brechin and Perth Royal Infirmary (PH1 1NX) serve the wider NHS Tayside footprint. Ambulance dispatch is coordinated by the Scottish Ambulance Service from its East Region control room.
- What law governs my Dundee collision claim?
- Scots law - the collision occurred in Scotland, so the applicable legal system is Scottish, not English. Personal injury limitation is governed by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973, which sets a three-year prescriptive period running from the date of the accident or the date of knowledge, with equitable extension provisions that differ from the English Limitation Act 1980. Small claims procedure follows the Scottish Simple Procedure under the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, raised at Dundee Sheriff Court on West Bell Street. Police reporting goes to Police Scotland, and ambulance services are provided by the Scottish Ambulance Service.
Liability for any road traffic collision remains subject to the at-fault driver's insurer's assessment and the available evidence. Replacement vehicle, credit hire, recovery, storage and repair support are subject to eligibility, the evidential record and reasonable need. We do not provide legal advice. Personal injury enquiries are referred only with your separate written consent to authorised legal or regulated partners. Information on this page about routes, regions and authorities is provided as general guidance and does not constitute legal, regulatory or insurance advice.
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