What are the steps you should undertake when involved in a road accident?

Question

What are the steps you should undertake when involved in a road accident?

Answer 1

Your safety is the first and most important thing to look for. Be Safe and Watch for Traffic!!

Do not stand in the roadway without some type of safety features. This could be road flares, traffic cones or someone wearing a traffic vest to direct traffic around the scene.

Determine if there are any injuries, if so, Do Not Move Vehicles or Injured Parties and immediately notify 911 and be prepared to tell them the following:

1) Exactly where the accident location is.

2) Your name, address and phone number.

3) Nature of injuries.

4) If there are any utilities involved, i.e., power lines, fire hydrants, etc.

You may provide first aid but unless absolutely needed, do not move them as you may cause greater injury.

Try to keep all parties calm and in a central location. Same thing applies for witnesses.

If a witness cannot wait for the police to arrive, you do not have the authority to detain them.

If possible, have them write down their name, address, home and work numbers. It would also help to ask them to write a brief statement of what they saw.

Do not get involved in arguing with the involved parties or witnesses about who is at fault or make any inflammatory statements.

If there are no injuries and the cars are drivable, move them out of the roadway to a safe location such as a parking lot or a side street.

Answer 2

If its posible, get out of the car/truck/van or other. Then call 911 asap if your alright make sure that the other person in the accident is alirght if so, get insurce infomation.

Happy Safe Driving :)

Answer 3

first thing is to check out everyone... then call cops... then get all the info you can and then call insurance company

Answer 4

If there are injuries, call 911.  Otherwise call the police to get an accident report for insurance purposes