Municipal liability in traffic accidents | Legal aid centre

Questioner

Dear Madam, Sir, I made the following report to the municipality last week following a scooter accident involving my son: Dear Sir/Madam, Last night my son had a collision with a car on his scooter at the intersection of Nijverheidsstraat - Daltonstraat (car from the right / not seen / no right of way given). When filling out the damage forms it turned out that this intersection, unlike the rest of those 2 streets, is not lit (8 or 10 lampposts do not work at and around that intersection). This poor lighting may have contributed to the accident. Please remedy this situation as soon as possible before more people may suffer damage from this. I immediately received a phone call from the municipality that the report had already been made 4 days earlier and that they were waiting for a measuring vehicle from the network manager to locate the break in the cable. The day after my report, the fault was resolved. Can the municipality be held liable for such a (temporary) unsafe situation as this (material damage is considerable / fortunately no personal injuries)?

Lawyer

and an unpleasant situation, fortunately there were no personal injuries. If the municipality has been negligent with regard to the lighting of the public road, because this has been reported several times, you can hold the municipality liable for this. There must be a demonstrable defect. You must provide good evidence. If you wish, I can assist you with this.