If you are not taken for emergency treatment you should wait until the Mayfield Heights police department arrives in order to complete a car accident report. The Mayfield Heights 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 Mayfield Heights police may cite whoever caused the car accident with a violation of the Mayfield Heights, Ohio codified ordinariness which can be found here. Because there are so many Mayfield Heights car accidents the Mayfield Heights Police have a traffic bureau for which they state the following: “The Mayfield Heights Traffic Bureau is responsible for checking all the accident reports generated by the Patrol Division for accuracy, completeness, and follow up before the reports are sent to the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in Columbus for entry in the state-wide database. Members of the Mayfield Heights Traffic Bureau are committed to helping you with any concerns you might have about traffic problems in the City. Please call the Traffic Bureau at 440-442-2323, ext. 222 if we can help you in any way. In addition, the Traffic Bureau investigates fatal accidents, accidents involving City owned units, and any other time that extensive property damage or injury results. The Traffic Bureau is also responsible for the care and maintenance of the Department's Datamaster Alcohol Testing Machine.”
Once the police are done with the report you can request a copy of the Mayfield Heights 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 simple when it begins to impact your daily activities. Either way you are entitled to compensation and Mayfield Heights, Ohio personal injury attorney and car accident attorney John Colan can help you get the compensation you deserve. In a Crash? Call Colan Fast. John Colan is a Mayfield Heights car accident attorney and a Mayfield Heights personal injury attorney.
