Something that I am clueless about but fortunately never needed to deal with.
What actually are you supposed to do following an accident with another vehicle on the road? Do you call the Police? What do you do if you car is blocking the road? Do you call your breakdown provider to move the car?
Its just a random thought that sometimes pops into my head whilst driving. Usually after being cut up by BMW driver. Its important to know, and perhaps will be of use to others.
What actually are you supposed to do following an accident with another vehicle on the road? Do you call the Police? What do you do if you car is blocking the road? Do you call your breakdown provider to move the car?
Its just a random thought that sometimes pops into my head whilst driving. Usually after being cut up by BMW driver. Its important to know, and perhaps will be of use to others.
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sorted byHand them a beer to calm their nerves.
Take photo.
take persons insurance details. dont get into the "its your fault" biz, thats what you pay insurance for. let them deal with it.
when insurance company calls as says usual "your neck ok? headache" just state at this current moment in time I am well but that could change, coz youd be surprised the pains you get a few days after etc.
Don't mention to the other party that you have one. Knowing you have footage may affect any lies they choose to tell if they caused it and want to transfer the blame.
Get details of any witnesses.
Take lots of pictures, and don't forget to photo the road markings, if you need to move the cars try to get a few pics to show their position after the collision first.
Draw a sketch showing the position of the cars when they collided as soon as practical, while it is still fresh in your memory. (edited)
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As said, take pictures, gets other parties numbers (this includes independent witness), get insurance details, see if anyone has any dash cams, ask on local Facebook pages the following day if anyone has any footage of accident, keep warm (shock does funny things), try and keep yourself safe and don't wander around the carriage way or road looking at damage.
Just accept though that in an accident people can go into a state of shock and their mind and rational thought goes out of the window. People will mask injuries, the most mild mannered of people will suddenly turn into a ranting psycho wanting blood for being an inconvenience to them (even if it was their fault).
Have your insurance details handy at all times, also have emergency numbers available in case you can't call (see earlier comment about shock).
I've been in a few accidents and they are never the same, when people are hurt it's very emotional. One rear end smash we had totally bucked the entire car and we got squished between two cars so it quickly turned into a large scale issue as there were many injured parties.
(I do my partners insurance and father in laws, all different based on comparison sites, why i get muddled) (edited)