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Vehicle positions and impact sequence

Start with the physical setting as it appeared as close to the event as possible. Preserve photographs or video showing vehicle locations, damage, lane position, signs, signals, lighting, weather, sight lines, and any visible obstruction. Do not alter, delete, crop, or overwrite original files when copies can be preserved separately.

• Photographs of vehicles and the surrounding roadway
• Dashcam footage and other original video files
• Notes about direction of travel, visibility, and sequence of events
• Names and contact information for people who saw or heard the collision

Digital and physical evidence

Vehicle damage and final resting positions may help organize competing accounts, but they do not by themselves establish responsibility. Keep repair estimates, photographs taken before repairs, towing documents, and other records that show the vehicle’s condition after the collision.

A practical file structure

A chronological file can make gaps and conflicts easier to see without prematurely resolving them. Begin with the event, then add the first reports, medical records, insurance communications, vehicle records, and later developments.

• Write a factual timeline while memories are fresh, separating observation from assumption.
• Save photographs, video, messages, emails, and letters in their original form.
• Collect the crash report or request information for the appropriate record holder.
• List drivers, passengers, witnesses, insurers, treatment providers, repair facilities, and towing companies reflected in the file.
• Record disputed facts separately, including each person’s account and the evidence supporting or contradicting it.

Preservation

Preserve evidence that may disappear, including temporary roadway conditions, vehicle positioning, digital footage, and witness contact information. Avoid posting detailed accounts or edited media publicly before the record has been organized.

Immediate organization

Create one secure folder for originals and one working folder for copies. Add a short index identifying each file, its date, its source, and the event detail it may address. If a record is missing, note the missing item and the person or agency believed to hold it.

• Preserve original photographs, video, and messages.
• Write down vehicle positions, visibility, and the sequence while memory is fresh.
• Gather driver, passenger, witness, crash-report, insurance, and vehicle records.
• Track requests and responses from each record holder.
• Flag disagreements without changing the underlying evidence.

When a public entity appears in the record

For Texas source material involving public-entity liability, the Texas Tort Claims Act is identified in Chapter 101 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. The approved source does not establish notice periods or a waiver conclusion. Other facts may also place an event under a different legal source, so the record should be reviewed as a whole.