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Build a contemporaneous record

If it is safe to do so, preserve photographs or video showing vehicle positions, visible damage, traffic controls, lane markings, lighting, weather, sight lines, and surrounding conditions. Dashcam footage may show movement before impact that a later photograph cannot. Do not alter or discard damaged parts, safety-system data, or other vehicle information before it can be documented.

• Make a simple scene diagram with travel directions, points of impact, and final vehicle positions.
• Save original dashcam files and note the device, date, and time settings.
• Identify people who saw the collision or arrived soon afterward.
• Keep photographs from multiple angles rather than only close-ups of damage.

Protect vehicle information

Vehicle or device data may include event information, photographs, repair estimates, inspection notes, and communications about towing or storage. Preserve these materials together with any passenger account, driver account, or witness statement. Avoid editing files or relying only on screenshots when the original record is available.

Use an evidence index

Create a folder or index that places each item beside the event it describes. Start with pre-impact observations, then scene materials, transport or medical records, vehicle inspection and repair records, insurance communications, and later follow-up. Keep a note of when each document was obtained and whether it is an original, copy, photograph, or summary.

• Scene photographs, video, diagram, and witness contacts.
• Driver and passenger accounts, including separate recollections.
• Crash report or incident materials and related agency communications.
• Vehicle ownership, inspection, towing, storage, and repair documents.
• Insurance notices, claim numbers, estimates, recorded statements, and correspondence.

Compare, do not overwrite

Do not assume that a single crash report resolves every disputed fact. Compare the report with photographs, vehicle positions, timestamps, witness accounts, medical records, and repair documentation. Preserve communications without deleting messages or changing file names in a way that removes useful metadata.

Preserve before evaluating

First, address immediate safety and medical needs. Then preserve original photographs, video, messages, reports, and vehicle records. Write down your own recollection while details are fresh, including what you saw, heard, and did—not assumptions about fault. Keep a running list of record holders and requests.

• Save the crash timeline and evidence index in more than one secure location.
• Do not discard damaged property or delete relevant digital records.
• Keep insurance communications and documents together.
• Ask questions about records you do not understand before relying on summaries.
• Consider obtaining legal advice about the specific facts, documents, and applicable Texas law.

Prepare a focused packet

For topic-specific review, the most useful packet usually includes the scene materials, vehicle positions and damage photographs, dashcam footage, driver and passenger accounts, witness contacts, the crash-report source, medical documentation, repair records, and insurance or trip documents. The goal is to give a reviewer a dated, organized account rather than a collection of disconnected files.