After a crash — Alabama Permit Test

If you are involved in a traffic crash, you must stop at once and aid any injured persons, calling for medical help if necessary.

Minutes matter to an injured person, and the people at the scene are the first help they get.

If you are involved in a traffic crash, you must stop at once and aid any injured persons.

Avoid moving injured people unless it is absolutely necessary to remove them from fire or other dangers; keep them lying or sitting down until medical aid arrives.

Moving someone with a neck or back injury can make it far worse.

You should avoid moving the injured unless it is absolutely necessary to remove them from areas threatened by fire or other dangers common to a crash scene.

You must stop whenever you are involved in a crash, give your name, address and registration number, and show your license to the others involved; this applies to any type of accident.

Exchanging details is how the people harmed in a crash find out who is responsible.

Give your name, address, and registration number and show your driver license to other persons involved.

Any crash with an injury or a death must be reported by the quickest means to the local police if it is in a municipality, or to the State Troopers if it is on a state highway.

A fast report gets help moving and makes sure the crash is investigated while the evidence is fresh.

Any injury of fatal crash must, by the quickest means of communication, be reported to the local police if it occurs within a municipality or to the State Troopers if it happens on a state highway.

In a crash with injury, death, or $500 or more in damage, a written Form SR-31 must be sent within 30 days if the at-fault party was not insured.

The form lets the state see that an uninsured crash is answered for.

In case of injury, a fatality, or if damage to any vehicle or property in the crash amount to $500 or more, a written (Form SR-31) must be sent within 30 days, by the driver involved if the “at fault’’ party was not insured at time of mishap.

The SR-31 form is required when a crash causes injury, death, or damage of $500 or more and the at-fault party was not insured.

Below that amount of damage the form is not needed, which is why the figure matters.

In case of injury, a fatality, or if damage to any vehicle or property in the crash amount to $500 or more, a written (Form SR-31) must be sent within 30 days, by the driver involved if the “at fault’’ party was not insured at time of mishap.

If your vehicle hits an unattended vehicle, either notify the police, try to find its owner, or leave a written notice with your name and address in a conspicuous place on it.

The owner has a right to know who damaged their car and how to reach them.

If your vehicle hits an unattended vehicle, either notify the police, make an attempt to locate the owner of the parked vehicle, or leave a written notice in a conspicuous place on the unattended vehicle, giving your name and address.

At the scene, drivers involved should, if asked by anyone else involved, give the name and address of their liability insurance company and local agent.

The insurer is who pays for the damage, so the people harmed need to know who it is.

At the scene of the accident, drivers involved should, if requested by any person who is also involved in the accident, give the name and address of the insurance company providing the automobile liability insurance coverage and the name of the local insurance agent.

When reporting a crash you witnessed, give the exact location, whether the road is blocked, and the probable damage and injuries.

Exact details help police and ambulances get to the right place with the right help.

When reporting a crash and requesting aid, be sure to give the exact location, if the road is blocked and the probable damage as well as injuries.

You are involved in a crash in which someone is hurt. What must you do first?

Stop at once and help the injured. Minutes matter to an injured person, and the people at the scene are the first help they get. Alabama Driver Manual, p.37: “If you are involved in a traffic crash, you must stop at once and aid any injured persons.”