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my truck was hit in the parking lot and the people who hit me are saying "I" hit them. The my vehicle was parked and they said I hit the rear drivers side tailight when I was backing out. The dent is just in front of the right rear wheel well and it much wider toward the front of the truck then tapers toward the rear over the wheel well crest to nothing toward the rear of the vehicle.The question, then, is whether or not the shape of the dent itself can be indicative of the direction of travel at point of impact and if there is where would I find such analysis data?

It appears that neither you nor the other party involved called the police. This is unfortunate because police officers usually can help assign blame from the placement of the vehicles and their experience with the direction of dents, etc.

Some insurance companies will have an adjuster or other personnel that is experienced in examining a dent and giving an analysis such as you want. I would contact your insurance company, which you will likely have already done anyway to tell them of the incident, and see if they have an adjuster that can help you in this way. If not it is possible that you can contact or hire an accident Reconstructionist that is an expert in this field.

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This car insurance question was asked on 11/23/2005
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