Insurance claims for car damage

A kicking camel, a naked pedestrian and a nut-throwing squirrel have all been cited in insurance claims for car damage, it has been revealed.

Decomposing carrots, a weary horse and a crashed Harrier jet have also cropped up in claim forms received by insurance company elephant.co.uk.

In one case a woman motorist filled the tank with the wrong substance after mistaking shampoo for a container of petrol.

Some of the more unusual claims are - CCTV revealed that a passing camel had kicked out at, and damaged, a car parked at a garden centre; a car windscreen was shattered by a nut thrown by a squirrel from a tree overhead, while another vehicle was damaged by a horse sitting on the bonnet

A driver lost control of his vehicle and ended in a ditch after driving through liquid that had leaked onto the road from a large pile of decomposing carrots dumped nearby.

A car was damaged when a naked pedestrian jumped on the car bonnet, leapt onto the roof, jumped up and down and then ran away.

A windscreen melted when a Harrier jet flew overhead, crash landed nearby and burst into flames; a car hit in the rear when the driver of the car behind was distracted by four women in mini skirts walking along the pavement.

Elephant.co.uk managing director Brian Martin said: "From nut-wielding squirrels, naked pedestrians and aircraft, it seems it's not just other motorists that drivers should be watching out for.

"These strange incidents go to show drivers need to be aware of their surroundings all the time."

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