By Larry Weisberg on August 27th, 2014
Being involved in a car accident is distressing enough. Recovering from your injuries, repairing your car and covering all the bills associated with this can be taxing. Still, you may want to take the effort to file a compensation claim against the person responsible for your accident. However, to do that, you need their liability to have been established.
In these circumstances, a police report may be of great use to you. The police do not attend every accident, but when they do, they are often required to file a report. All you need to do then is locate the agency, which you can do over the phone or even on the Internet. You can then request the report from them, in which case they may either mail a copy to you or ask you to collect it.
How A Police Report Can Help With Compensation
As is explained here, although it may not be admissible in court, the police report can still contain useful information that can be beneficial during a personal injury dispute or claim. For example, it may include a preliminary assessment of fault, along with details of the time, date and location of the incident. The report might even detail the weather conditions when the event occurred.
Police reports can also contain statements from witnesses, or at the very least contact details for witnesses to the event. This can also be useful as it allows you or your attorney to pursue further details about the incident from an external point of view.
There is a lot to work with and it may seem daunting to approach, but with the right guidance, a police report could be a valuable asset in your bid for compensation. An attorney can help you sort through it and isolate the information that might best support your case.