If you are in an accident. Memo for drivers.

In the case of an accident, you should not panic, but get out and clearly implement the necessary algorithm of action, which in the future (when considering an administrative protocol or a civil suit in court) will be a guarantee of success. Priority actions at the site of an accident are important for further consideration of the case, since in the future it will be virtually impossible to reliably restore the circumstances of the event.

So, your actions immediately after an accident:
- Stop immediately, even if an accident occurs in the middle of the carriageway (if you go further, stop and return on the road to the accident site, it may provoke an administrative protocol by the police officers to leave the accident place, in addition, it will be difficult to complete the scheme of the accident place);
- Report the accident of other road users: turn on the alarm, set the emergency stop sign on the carriageway;
- call the necessary services to the place of the event (police officers, representatives of insurance companies, if there are victims - fast);
- Before your arrival, your car, as well as the car of other road accident participants, as well as other items, should be in the same place as they were immediately after the accident. Moving cars from the scene to the arrival of the police and representatives of insurance companies is by no means possible. Correct fixing by the police of the location of vehicles, the braking distance, glass fragments, etc. is a guarantee of the correct establishment of the circumstances of the event and the discovery of the perpetrators;
- Try to locate and share contact with eyewitnesses. Your passengers are also witnesses, the police should take their explanation of the circumstances of the accident (if the police officer refuses to take explanations from your passengers referring to the fact that they are interested persons and may be shown in your favor, be sure to include this fact in the comments and / or objections to the protocol on administrative violation with the fixing of the full details of witnesses);
- by phone (photo, video), detail the place of the event (it should be done immediately after an accident, before the arrival of the police);
- Control the police accidents scheme and how they describe the damage to the car. The maximum amount of information will provide the opportunity to obtain maximum compensation and fairness of consideration of the administrative protocol in court;
- carefully read the police documents compiled, add comments or additions to them, and make sure they are recorded, only then sign them.
It should be noted that police officers may temporarily remove your driver's license.
I emphasize that only the court can only deprive the owner of the auto right to drive a car; the police officer is only entitled to temporarily withdraw the certificate, but by issuing the driver a temporary permit to operate the car, the term of which is limited to 3 months. In addition, the fact of withdrawal of the certificate must necessarily be recorded in the protocol of the administrative offense.
It should also be noted that if there are no victims of an accident, and the damage to the car is insignificant, you can use the European protocol.
It is possible to use the euro protocol only if:
- nobody suffered as a result of the accident;
- cars suffered minor damage (the amount of damages for each car does not exceed 50 thousand UAH);
- drivers have insurance policies in place;
- both participants of the accident agree with the circumstances of the accident;
- Drivers are not in the state of alcohol or narcotic opacity.
Usually the form of the europrotocol is issued by the insurance company at the time of registration of the truck driver. Each driver completes only one half of the protocol (yellow or blue). The central part of the blank (white) fills both.
In addition, with the help of a smartphone or tablet, it is possible to fill in the electronic protocol (with the following link - https://dtp.mtsbu.ua/page1.html), which has several advantages.
First, you do not need to draw anything - the 20 versions of the most widespread accident schemes have been added to the electronic version.
Secondly, in electronic mode the authenticity of policies is checked.
Thirdly, you will be able to attach the accident location to the map and fix the time.
And to the end, if you have filled out a paper copy of the europrotocol, it is necessary to give his copy within 3 days to his policyholder. With an electronic version of this do not have to: the insurance company will automatically receive a notification of an accident.