My wife's car was rear-ended yesterday while she was waiting at a red light. There did not appear to be any external damage. The other driver said she was sorry and they exchanged insurance details and telephone numbers. Noone was hurt in all of this although my wife's colleague (also in the car) initially complained of a stiff back (she declined the offer to go to a GP though). We now have two concerns...
1/ although there appears to be no visible external damage to the bumper, we are wondering whether to get it checked out anyway at a garage on the basis that there could be internal damage. Is this possible if you can't see anything externally? And would the garage have to strip the bumper to find this out?
2/ so far my wife hasn't contacted our insurance company - mainly on the basis that she didn't see anything wrong with the car and everyone was fine after the incident. But should she do so anyway on the basis that she had another person in the car at the time who presumably could decide she's suffered some sort of personal injury at a later date?
1/ although there appears to be no visible external damage to the bumper, we are wondering whether to get it checked out anyway at a garage on the basis that there could be internal damage. Is this possible if you can't see anything externally? And would the garage have to strip the bumper to find this out?
2/ so far my wife hasn't contacted our insurance company - mainly on the basis that she didn't see anything wrong with the car and everyone was fine after the incident. But should she do so anyway on the basis that she had another person in the car at the time who presumably could decide she's suffered some sort of personal injury at a later date?