Our Auto Accident Law Practice
Unfortunately, at some time in our lives, most of us will experience an automobile accident. When you are in a car accident, even if you are not injured, there are certain things that you should and should not do. If you are involved in personal injury litigation arising from a car accident, you will benefit from consulting a personal injury lawyer.
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Some Information
If you are involved in an accident involving injury, or substantial damage to property, stay at the accident scene until the police tell you that you can leave. If you have any question about whether the damage caused by the accident is substantial, err on the side of caution — when the law requires you to wait for the police, leaving the scene of an accident can result in driver’s license sanctions and even criminal charges.
If somebody is injured, and you are trained in administering first aid, try to help. Do not move an injured person. Have somebody call the police to report the accident. The person who contacts the police should tell the police that people are injured, if possible also providing the number of injured persons, so that a sufficient amount of emergency personnel are dispatched to the scene. If you are on the roadway, turn your flashers on, or use flares to warn approaching traffic of the accident.
Obtain Information
In any accident, you should obtain the following information about:
- The other driver: Name, address, driver’s license number, insurance information, and license plate number.
- Witnesses: Name, address, and telephone number.
- Police officers: Ask the police officer’s who investigate the traffic scene to provide you with a business card, with the “incident number,” so that you can obtain an accident report. Most officers will provide this information to you, even if you don’t ask.
- The location: You may wish to take notes about where the accident occurred, the road conditions, speed limits, traffic control devices, the weather, and the lighting.
- The accident: You may wish to take notes about how the accident occurred, such as the direction of travel of the vehicles involved in the accident, and what the cars were doing at the time of the collision.
- Be aware that if litigation results from the accident, you may have to share your notes with somebody that you are suing, or somebody who is suing you.
Do Not Admit Fault
Even if you think you are at fault, do not admit liability. There may be factors which you don’t know, which played a role in the accident, and it may turn out that the other driver was more at fault than you.
Do not make statements to anybody at the accident scene, except for the police. When you speak to the police, tell them only the facts of what happened. Let the officers draw their own conclusion from the facts.