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Scene photographs and video

Scene geometry can help organize the evidence: travel directions, lane positions, traffic controls, sight lines, lighting, weather, points of contact, debris, and final vehicle positions. Photographs should preserve more than vehicle damage. Images of the approach, intersections, signs, signals, obstructions, road surface, and surrounding visibility may help place the impact in context.

• Photograph vehicles before repairs or movement when safe and permitted
• Preserve original photographs and videos with their dates and surrounding context
• Identify dashcam, phone, security-camera, or other footage that may cover the approach or impact
• Record names and contact information for people who saw the collision or its immediate aftermath

Vehicle or device information

Vehicle damage, airbag or event data, onboard systems, and other device information may bear on vehicle positions or impact sequence. The existence, availability, and meaning of such information must be confirmed for the particular vehicle and event; it should not be assumed from a general description.

Start with preservation

Preserve what is already available before trying to organize it into a theory. Keep original files, note when and how each item was obtained, and avoid editing photographs or video. A simple chronology can connect the call or report, travel direction, impact, vehicle movement, medical attention, communications, and later repairs without adding assumptions.

• Create a dated incident timeline
• Keep original photographs, video, messages, and documents in their original form
• List every known driver, passenger, witness, vehicle, insurer, and possible record holder
• Request preservation of potentially temporary video or electronic information
• Keep repair estimates, towing or storage documents, and communications together with the event file

Then compare the records

When reviewing a crash report or statement, separate firsthand observations from descriptions supplied by another person. Compare the written account with photographs, vehicle locations, witness accounts, and available video. Differences should be identified for further review rather than resolved by assumption.

A focused first pass

If you are documenting a collision, begin with safety and medical attention as appropriate, then preserve the scene and communications that are already available. Identify the reporting source and use official crash-record starting points without assuming which agency owns a particular file. Keep insurance communications and trip or employment documentation in one organized record.

• Write down the event chronology while recollections are fresh
• Preserve photographs, dashcam footage, messages, and vehicle information
• Identify drivers, passengers, witnesses, vehicle owners, insurers, and possible record holders
• Keep copies of crash-related documents and communications
• Ask a qualified Texas attorney to review issues that depend on the specific facts

Do not assume a different claim category

Different event types can invoke different official subject areas. Texas has chapters addressing public-entity liability, health-care-liability claims, products liability, and workers’ compensation subjects; Texas Parks & Wildlife Department provides official information on boating accident duties and reports. These sources do not establish that any such category applies to a particular car accident.