Accident Reporting
The accident should be reported to police authorities who would further collect required detail and take legal action especially in more serious accidents involving injuries, casualties or sever damage to property.
Accident report of the individuals involved may be separately taken. The accident data should be collected in the standard forms which might be useful in subsequent analysis, claims for compensation, evaluation of accident cost, etc.
The details to be collected are as following :
1. Location
Details of the location of accident with diagrams.
2. General
Date, time, persons involved in the accident, classification of accident like – fatal, serious, minor, properly damage only, etc.
3. Road condition
Road geometrics, road straight or curved, road surface characteristics such as dry, wet or slippery etc.
4. Details of vehicle involved
Registration number, description of vehicles, loading details, vehicular defects, etc.
5. Traffic Conditions
Types of vehicles, traffic volume, traffic density, etc.
6. Nature of accident
Condition of vehicles involved, details of collision, pedestrians or objects involved, damages, injuries, casualty, etc.
7. Accident Cost
Total cost of accident such as property damages, personal injuries and causalties, in terms of rupees.
8. Primary causes of accidents
Various possible causes and primary causes of accidents.
