{"id":4433,"date":"2017-02-26T07:02:20","date_gmt":"2017-02-26T07:02:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.carro.sg\/?p=4433"},"modified":"2025-11-05T17:06:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T09:06:48","slug":"make-accident-claims-foreign-vehicle-successful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/make-accident-claims-foreign-vehicle-successful\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do an accident claim against a foreign vehicle?"},"content":{"rendered":"Being in a car accident is bad enough; dealing with paperwork and reporting an accident is a whole different trouble, but doing the same after an accident including a foreign vehicle is even more difficult. Here\u2019s how to get out of it as easy as possible.\r\n\r\n \r\n

1) Report it<\/h2>\r\n
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Source: http:\/\/m9.i.pbase.com\/o4\/93\/329493\/1\/54719049.Sin3Sep05141.JPG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nMake a Traffic Police report as soon as you can and no later than 24 hours after the accident. If you need help with these, you can do them at any police station. The thing is pretty simple, but most people do actually require some help with the paperwork, mostly because they are stressed out.\r\n\r\nAlso, you should do the things that are no different when you have an accident with a non-foreign driver. These include things like getting information about the driver, their contact details and license plate number. Also, make sure you take some pictures of the accident scene from different angles, including the pathways of both cars and the impact point from several different viewing points.\r\n\r\n \r\n

2) Check your insurance policy<\/h2>\r\n
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Source: http:\/\/dollarsandsense.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Insurance-Singapore1.jpg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n\r\nDepending on the type of your insurance policy and your choice of a claim, there are two options. The first one is a better option if you have a comprehensive motor insurance policy. It enables you to make a claim against your own policy in case your accident happened in Malaysia or Singapore. This way you can deal with the whole thing without going through the hassle of claiming against someone from another country.\r\n\r\nHowever, if you opt to make a claim against a foreign motorist\u2019s insurer, you will need to supply the foreign insurer with these documents:\r\n\r\nPolice report\r\n\r\nPolice sketch plan and key if you have it\r\n\r\nOfficial result of police investigation if there was one\r\n\r\nProof of the losses\r\n\r\nPhotocopy of your ID card\r\n\r\nPhotocopy of your certificate of insurance, cover note or policy schedule\r\n\r\nAdjuster\u2019s report with photographs\r\n\r\nPhotocopy of the vehicle registration card\r\n\r\nRepair bill\r\n\r\nProof of payment\r\n\r\nRental car bill if you rented one\r\n\r\nBills and proofs of payment for any expenses related to the matter\r\n\r\nAlso, bear in mind that a claim against a foreign insurer may take longer than usual.\r\n\r\n \r\n

What if your claim is unsuccessful?<\/h2>\r\nIf you have tried all you can and your claim is still unsuccessful, you can contact a general insurance association in the country of the insurer. In Malaysia, for example, this is called Persatuan Insurans Am Malaysia (PIAM), which is something like Singaporean GIA. Alternatively, you can contact GIA in Singapore. They will be familiar with the process and regulations as well, but bear in mind that you will have to wait a bit longer if you include another instance. Also, don\u2019t forget that you will have to provide any of these instances with the proper evidence and documentation.\r\n\r\nThis is why it is of the greatest importance that you do all you can to prevent scams of unauthorized tow truck companies or workshops. You need to have all of the paperwork in order and authorized instances are definitely the way to go.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Being in a car accident is bad enough; dealing with paperwork and reporting an accident is a whole different trouble, but doing the same after an accident including a foreign vehicle is even more difficult. Here\u2019s how to get out of it as easy as possible.   1) Report it Make a Traffic Police report …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[724],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-insurance-car-loans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4433"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16137,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4433\/revisions\/16137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4433"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carro.co\/sg\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}