Copart recoveries top 3,000 in 24 hours
Salvage operator Copart has reported that it has been assigned an unprecedented 3,000 vehicles in a single day as storms continue to ravage the UK.
Copart handles damaged vehicles for 21 of the UK’s 25 biggest insurers.
| Phillip Briggs, director of operations centres, transport and engineering, at Copart, said: “That’s the most vehicles we’ve ever had from the insurers we work with on one single day and demonstrates the sheer scale and impact of the latest floods on communities. We also had to remove all the stranded vehicles from two roads in the village of Pentre in Wales, to support the emergency services in clearing routes and help local businesses get back to work.”
The latest victims of the torrential rain also included two car dealerships in Pontypridd, who between them had 250 vehicles damaged on February 20. Briggs added: “The quicker a vehicle can be collected and processed, the quicker insurers can process people’s claims, and the quicker cars can be restored, maximising value and minimising waste. Our drivers now have a new app that records critical vehicle information and images at the point of pick-up, and instantly sends the data into the decision-making process – we’ve seen instances where decisions are being made about a vehicle before it even reaches our operations centre.”
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