When motor-vehicle accidents happen, all those involved experience shock, anxiety and confusion, regardless of whether there was damage to the vehicles/property or injuries to people. When the damage/injuries are serious, emotions are heightened, leaving people dazed and perplexed about what to do next. In either case, the collision has to be reported to the police, to your insurance company or to the nearest Collision Reporting Center (CRC) based on the severity of the accident, the kind of damage sustained by the vehicles and the nature of injuries suffered.

If the damage sustained by the vehicles seems to be above $2000, there are severe injuries or someone has been killed, a driver appears intoxicated or impaired, a cyclist or pedestrian was involved and a driver is uninsured or does not have a license, the police have to be informed immediately by calling the 911 emergency services number. You will need to wait till the police and ambulance services arrive.  Otherwise, the collision can be reported at the nearest Collision Reporting Centre within 24 hours. If you’re unaware of the location of your nearest CRC, a call to your local police station would provide you with this.

CRCs are police-private partnerships with certain reputed insurance companies to assist motorists with convenient reporting of accidents that do not require the police to come to the accident scene immediately. Here motorists are helped to complete the accident report and get the damage photographed and documented for insurance purposes. Most insurance policies have a clause that drivers are required to report all accidents regardless of the extent of damage. Though some people assume that if damages are minimal and they settle directly with the other party, they need not report the accident to the police. However, this means that you run the risk of being charged with either hit and run or leaving the scene of the accident, which is a serious offense and can increase your insurance premium considerably.

This includes reporting accidents that happen not just on roads, freeways, city-streets etc, but also inside parking lots, private properties etc. to the nearest CRC or police station.

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