Claims correspondence
A damage (s) correspondence denotes a match of damage resulting from a specific traffic accident . The location of the damage to the vehicles involved as well as missing parts or paint spots are compared with one another. It is also checked whether damage from a collision between the vehicles involved appears possible (assessment of plausibility ). Criminalistics tools are used here. Sometimes the term claims correspondence is also used by insurance companies in connection with correspondence on the occasion of a claim .
Both the contact points and the abrasion or abrasion of the paint are compared with one another; In addition, the measurement of the contact points and the comparison of the damage to the vehicles involved in the accident. As a rule, this assessment is documented photographically with a depicted measuring stick and vehicles juxtaposed (replica of the accident situation). Furthermore, traces of paint can be compared with a suspicious vehicle.
These reports are used in particular in cases of a criminal drive- away. They are determined by the police by forensics , by appraisers or experts and other bodies. The damage correspondence proven by an expert can be used in criminal proceedings as evidence of a traffic offense , or in civil proceedings as evidence of the existence of a claim as well as in out-of-court claims ( claims settlement ).