According to Kuwait law, a car damaged in an accident should not be repaired by a garage unless the owner produces an accident report, issued by the area police station where the accident occurred. The law is intended to encourage victims of traffic accidents to report the incident to the police, while also preventing people who cause traffic accidents from escaping prosecution
All car company garages insist on a police report before they undertake any repairs on a damaged vehicle. However, there are some private garages that perform repairs on vehicles damaged in accidents without any police report in defiance of the law.
Police in Farwaniya recently conducted a raid on several such vehicle repair garages operating in Jleeb Al-Shuyoukh and Hassawi and issued citations for repairing damaged cars without a permit from the Ministry of Interior (MoI). Garages which repair vehicles without permission face closure, warned the MoI.
