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Pair images with a timeline

Scene photographs can show lane placement, vehicle orientation, visible damage, sight lines, lighting, signs, markings, and nearby conditions as they appeared after the event. Dashcam footage may add timing and movement that a still image cannot show.

• Photograph vehicles before repairs or alteration when it is safe and practical.
• Preserve wide scene views as well as close images of damage, roadway markings, and visibility conditions.
• Save dashcam or phone video in its original form and avoid editing over the source file.
• Record who supplied each image or video and what the person says it depicts.

Consider vehicle or device data

A photograph rarely answers every question by itself. Compare images with the accounts of drivers, passengers, and witnesses, noting what each person observed directly and when. Vehicle damage, final positions, and impact descriptions should be treated as pieces of a sequence rather than as automatic conclusions.

Protect original evidence

If a vehicle, phone, dashcam, or app-based transportation service generated relevant data, preserve the device, account information, trip details, and available timestamps. Do not assume that a particular record exists or that it proves a disputed issue; identify what can be obtained and how it fits with the scene evidence.

Use official legal chapters as review signposts

Create one chronological file beginning with the collision and continuing through medical care, vehicle handling, insurance communications, and evidence collection. Keep factual notes separate from opinions about responsibility.

• Make a dated incident timeline while memories are fresh.
• List every driver, passenger, witness, responding agency, insurer, and other identified record holder.
• Collect the crash report or document the steps taken to locate it.
• Save photographs, video, vehicle records, messages, claim communications, and medical records in their original formats when possible.
• Track repairs, inspections, towing, storage, and any changes to the vehicles or devices.

Keep a missing-evidence list

Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 16 is the official Texas limitations chapter, and Chapter 33 is the official Texas proportionate-responsibility chapter. The supplied sources authorize identifying those chapters, but not stating a filing deadline, percentage, threshold, or outcome.

Document before repairing or discarding

Record what is unavailable, who may possess it, when it was requested, and whether the underlying device, vehicle, or file has changed. A missing item should be identified as missing, not replaced with an assumption.

Move from preservation to review

Begin with safety and necessary medical attention. Then preserve the scene evidence that may disappear, gather the names and contact information available to you, and create a dated file. Avoid altering original photographs or video, and do not discard vehicle or device records that may help establish timing or impact sequence.

• Write a neutral timeline of events and mark uncertain points.
• Save scene photographs, dashcam footage, messages, and insurance correspondence.
• Identify the crash-report source and use TxDOT’s crash-report and records information as a statewide starting point when appropriate.
• Keep driver, passenger, witness, medical, vehicle, and claim materials in separate labeled folders.
• Flag disputed facts and missing records for focused review.

Use the location hierarchy for context

A useful review asks what each record proves, what it does not prove, and how it fits with the rest of the timeline. That approach helps keep scene geometry, visibility, vehicle or device data, investigating-agency records, roadway-control questions, and insurance or trip documentation distinct.