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Evidence after a passenger-car crash

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Contents
  1. Report and scene information
  2. Photographs and agency records
  3. Vehicle event data
  4. Related entries
  5. References

Crash evidence can describe the vehicles' movements, the people involved and the losses asserted. Georgia's driver manual directs drivers to stop safely, exchange identifying information and give reasonable assistance. Preserving records should not interfere with those duties or with obtaining professional help.[1]

Report and scene information

The manual calls for exchanging names, addresses and vehicle and license information. GDOT's reporting manual supplies the structure for collision details. A practical record set should keep the report together with the information needed to identify the event, while distinguishing what the writer observed from what another person reported.[1][2]

Photographs and agency records

DPS explains how to request photographs or other records related to a crash it investigated. Its instructions ask for the date and location, names of people involved and the report number if known. A crash report request and a request for other investigation material are not necessarily the same request. Access and fees remain subject to records law.[3]

Vehicle event data

Federal EDR rules concern defined crash-event data in vehicles covered by the regulation, not a continuous recording of every trip. The rule includes data elements such as speed and service-brake status and addresses retrieval tools. Whether a particular car has usable data must be established for that vehicle; Part 563 does not promise that every collision was recorded.[4]

References

  1. ab Driver manual: crashes. Georgia Department of Driver Services. https://dds.georgia.gov/section-11-crashes. official. Checked . Source record
  2. ^ Georgia crash manual: collision details. Georgia Department of Transportation. https://crashmanual.dot.ga.gov/SectionContent/CollisionDetails. official. Checked . Source record
  3. ^ How to submit an open records request. Georgia Department of Public Safety. https://dps.georgia.gov/ask-us/how-do-i-submit-open-records-request. official. Checked . Source record
  4. ^ 49 CFR Part 563: event data recorders. Electronic Code of Federal Regulations. https://www.ecfr.gov:443/current/title-49/subtitle-B/chapter-V/part-563. official. Checked . Source record