Few of the long-term drivers have not been involved in traffic accidents of varying severity. This may be due to control failure, inattention, or simply road conditions.
Instructions
Step 1
Calm down first. Fear often interferes with making the right decisions in a timely manner, and is simply irrational in an accident. Assess your surroundings first. If there is an extreme situation, take all the necessary actions to eliminate it. Get out of the badly damaged car and help others, call an ambulance if necessary. More often than not, road accidents have minor consequences. In this case, there is nothing to worry about - insurance companies will reimburse all major expenses.
Step 2
Do not argue with the driver of another vehicle or pedestrian, even if he is wrong. When using insurance, you will rarely suffer financially, and everyone can make mistakes. Respect is very important on the road.
Step 3
Your first action after an accident should be to turn off the emergency lights and place a special emergency stop sign on the road. It looks like a red triangle with a reflective surface. The distance from the sign to the car must be at least 15 meters in the city and 30 meters on the highway. Failure to comply with this rule threatens with a fine and carries with it the possibility of another accident, causing inconvenience in the movement of other vehicles.
Step 4
Find witnesses to the traffic accident and take their coordinates and passport data. The most convenient candidate for this will be the driver of the car behind you.
Step 5
Call the traffic police inspector for an emergency survey. You should always keep the numbers of such services in the contact list of your phone. If you do not have this number, you can always find it out by calling the emergency number 112 from your mobile phone. The call is free and can be made even without a SIM card. Do not move the vehicle while waiting for experts.
Step 6
If the damage is minor, it is not necessary to call the traffic police. In case of minor damage to the car and mutual agreement of the parties, you can draw up a document using a special form describing the road accident scheme, and come with it to the inspection yourself.
Step 7
After confirming the situation with the traffic police, depending on the rules of your insurance companies, prepare the appropriate documents to provide compensation.
Step 8
It is worth getting a special device - a video recorder. This compact device records your ride on video, which can be very valuable and irrefutable proof of your innocence. If there is none, you should use a camera or cell phone camera to capture the accident scene in its original form.
