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12 de Junho de 2020, 9:37 , por Arrius Lion - 0sem comentários ainda | Ninguém está seguindo este artigo ainda.
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Accidents are getting common day by day. Almost every new morning, we come across news of an accident. Hundreds of thousands of people get themselves injured in car crashes while thousands of people cease living as a result of severe injuries in the UK. But if you are not at fault, you should get compensation for your injury. You are eligible to get a road accident claim for an accident in which you have conceived an injury and the oversight is not yours. Just get connected with the other driver and get some information to make your claim. But what if it was a hit and run case? Would you still be able to claim? To make things worse, let us assume the situation where you are standing by the road. Someone gets into an accident and gets severely injured while the other driver flees from the place of the accident. How would you collect the information and what should be collected to help the victim file a road accident claim? That is what you are going to learn in this post.
Understanding About a Hit And Run Case?
Before getting into the depth of evidence collecting, you should first know the definition of a hit and run case. Any road traffic accident where the driver flees from the place of the accident without stopping and providing insurance details is a case of hit and run. According to the laws of the UK, it is regarded as a criminal act. Hit and run cases are becoming too common in the UK. A lot of drivers run away from the place of the accident. They either panic or get confused after the accident. So, they think that running away will save them. But it brings more severe consequences. So, you have witnessed a hit and run case. The victim is lying in front of you and the driver at fault has just run away from the place of the accident. What are you supposed to do? Here are a few ways you can collect the evidence for a victim when you witness a hit and run case.
Note The Number Of The Car
If you are present at the scene of the accident. You should try to take a glimpse of the number plate of the car. It will help the police to easily trace the car and find the driver. Once the driver is found, the procedure of making a road accident claim becomes simple. But if you fail to notice the number of the car no matter what the limitation is, no worries. Try to note the colour and model of the car. It will also make the police investigation easier and time-saving.


Call An Ambulance
The first and foremost important thing is the life of the victim. You should always prefer to save the life of the injured person. So, without having a second thought, call an ambulance. Meanwhile, look for anything that can stop the bleeding of the injured person. Use any clean cloth and tighten it around the bleeding part of the body. Also, ask for help from the people around you. Once the ambulance arrives at the scene of the accident, they will take care of the further formalities.
Look For Witnesses Around You
Of course, you are also a witness. But you need more witnesses to strengthen the case of the victim. The more witnesses you will have, the stronger your case will be. So, if you see some other people on the spot, get connected with them and get their details. Get their names, phone numbers and home addresses. Having these details will help you to get connected with them and get their statements when you need them.
Get The Pictures
Pictures are a great way to prove the innocence of the victim. Thanks to advanced technology, you do not need to have special cameras for photography. Just take your phone out of your pocket and start taking pictures from every corner of the site of the accident. The pictures should be taken from every possible angle. Besides covering the car, also take pictures of the injured person (If the person is there) and the personal belongings of the victim which have been damaged by the accidents. It will help the person to recover the cost of these belongings.
Look For CCTV Cameras
CCTV footage is one of the best and most highly important pieces of evidence. Unlike other types of evidence like mobile video and images, CCTV footage holds a special place in the court. It not only helps to identify whose fault it was. But they are also very useful in searching for the other car. Thanks to the advanced technology, high-resolution CCTV cameras have been used by a lot of people. The number of CCTV cameras has been increasing day by day. According to a report, there are 4 to 6 million cameras in the UK. The number of these cameras is rapidly increasing to control the crime rate. So, you should look around you for the CCTV cameras. If you find any camera in your vicinity, chances are that the accident may have been recorded in it. So, get connected to the owners of the building and take the footage of the camera. It is your legal right to get a copy of the camera footage for your use. Just request them for a copy of the footage.
Hire Injury Claim Specialists
Although you can indulge yourself completely in the case and make the claim on behalf of the other person. But that does not mean you should. There are a lot of complications you have to face when making a road traffic accident. It is best to hire injury claim specialists. They are experts in claims management and get the maximum amount of compensation possible. It is best to call the injury claim specialists when the accident happens. In this way, you will be saved from all the steps mentioned above. They will handle all these formalities on your behalf.


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