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Accident - What To Do

Note the following details:

Name and address of the other driver and the vehicle owner, if different
Name and address of each witness
Description of any injury to yourself or others
Damage to vehicles and other property
Name and address of the other driver’s insurance company (See insurance disc on windscreen)
Number of certificate of insurance (See insurance disc on windscreen)
Registration number of other vehicle
Name or Number of any Garda at the scene
Name of any AA patrol attending
Date, time and location of accident
Speed of vehicles involved
Width of road, road markings, state of road surface, weather conditions, visibility, time of day
Debris or marks on the road relevant to the accident
Manner of other driver’s driving
Rough sketch of vehicle positions before and after the accident
Whether other driver and passengers were wearing seatbelts
Take photographs of the scene if you have a camera

1.Stop

2.Keep your vehicle at or near the scene of the accident for a reasonable period

3.Give, on demand, your name, address and that of the vehicle owner (if different), the vehicle number and particulars of insurance

4.If anyone is injured, or if neither a member of the Garda Siochana nor anyone entitled to demand such information is present (or is in a condition to ask) you must report the incident as soon as possible to a member of the Garda Siochana

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