Who Turns Up at the Roadside in Belfast?

Car Tow NI, a Belfast-based vehicle recovery company, covers accident recovery across Belfast and the rest of Northern Ireland. Every Car Tow NI driver is trained, insured and uniformed, and the driver should confirm your name and the registration before anything is hooked up.

What should you expect from the driver?

It is an exposed moment, standing on a verge waiting for a truck. Expecting the driver to arrive looking professional is not much to ask. Car Tow NI drivers are trained, insured and uniformed.

Ask the driver to confirm your name and the vehicle before anything is hooked up. Watch how Car Tow NI towing the vehicle is secured. Tidy strapping is a decent sign of a careful operator.

What is classed as a minor car accident?

Broadly, one where nobody is injured and the vehicles are still roadworthy enough to drive away. The label matters less than it sounds: details are still exchanged, and a car that looks fine can still have damage that rules out driving it.

Who moves the car after a collision?

After a collision the first job is people, not vehicles. If anyone is hurt, or the road is blocked, that is a call to the emergency services. Only then does the vehicle get moved.

A crashed car frequently cannot be towed on its own wheels. Bent steering, a locked wheel or a leaking tank all mean the vehicle goes on the bed. Car Tow NI takes accident recovery calls from Belfast and across Northern Ireland.

How much does accident recovery cost?

Often nothing to you directly, because where a claim is running the insurer usually deals with the recovery and the storage. Ask who is paying before the vehicle moves, and tell your insurer which yard or garage is holding it.

What will you be asked on the phone?

Most calls need the same five pieces of information: the location, the make and model, the fault, whether the wheels turn, and the destination. Given those, the right truck goes out immediately.

Add anything unusual. Low headroom, a lost key or a heavy load all mean different equipment. Better said now than discovered later.

Car Tow NI covers Belfast and every major town in Northern Ireland, 24 hours a day. Ring 07700 145209 to arrange accident recovery.

Car Tow NI
503 Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7EZ
Phone: 07700 145209
Website: cartowni.com
Based on the Lisburn Road in Belfast, out across Northern Ireland 24 hours a day.