If you are not taken for emergency treatment you should wait until the Euclid police department arrives in order to complete a car accident report. The Euclid police have a traffic division to handle your car accident. They say the traffic divisions duties are follows: “The primary objective of the Traffic Division is to achieve the safe and efficient movement of traffic. “Traffic” includes the movement of automobiles, motorcycles, commercial vehicles, bicycles, and pedestrians. Our objective is achieved through the education of the public, traffic engineering, and enforcement. Traffic enforcement is the responsibility of every police officer. All police officers have been trained to recognize traffic hazards and actions performed by the motoring public which endanger themselves and others. All police officers are empowered to take action in those situations. The Traffic Division, however, is focused specifically on addressing traffic problems throughout the City of Euclid. One of the main duties of the Traffic Division is selective enforcement, which is defined as the precise placement of officers enforcing specific regulations for the express purpose of preventing serious injury due to motor vehicle crashes. Violations and their locations are obtained from crash statistics.” The Euclid police will collect the details of the car accident including location, time, date, parties involved, conditions, who is at fault, and they usually take photographs. They will then generate a report. It is always good, however, to take your own photographs if possible. The Euclid police may cite whoever caused the car accident with a violation of the Euclid, Ohio codified ordinariness which can be found here. Once the police are done with the report you can request a copy of the Euclid police report using the website that can be found here. If you are not at fault for the car accident you are entitled to compensation for your injuries. Injuries can be serious as death, brain injury, broken bones or can be as simple as sore muscles or a backache. Although no injury is really simple and can get worse. Either way you are entitled to compensation and Euclid, Ohio personal injury attorney and car accident attorney John Colan can help you get the compensation you deserve. In a Crash? Call Colan Fast.
