After ensuring that everyone is safe, the next thing you want to do is to obtain the insurance information of the person who caused the accident. The most efficient and safest way to do this is to call your local police. Once police arrive on the scene, they will obtain all insurance information and place it in a police report that should be available within a few days. Allowing the police to come to the scene not only ensures that insurance information is obtained, but also that an accurate description of the accident is documented. The police will also obtain and document the contact information of any witnesses. This lowers the likelihood of an insurance dispute arising.

However, the police are not always able to respond to auto accidents. This typically, occurs when the accident has happened on private property or during severe weather like ice. If this is the circumstance, it will be your responsibility to obtain the insurance information from the at-fault driver. There are many ways that this can be done, but in this age of technology the simplest way will be to snap a photo of the other driver’s insurance card and driver’s license. Your car accident attorney, in Memphis or elsewhere, will be able to take that information and conduct a thorough investigation to locate insurance.

Some at-fault drivers may not be willing to release their insurance information. If this is the case, it is imperative that you get as much information about or from them as possible. License plate information, make and model of the vehicle, logos on the vehicle, location of the damage, and the driver’s name can all be used by our team of dedicated Memphis car accident attorneys and staff to investigate and locate insurance.