What to Do After a Texas Car Accident

Follow These Steps, Then Call the Herrera Law Firm

If you are in a car accident or a truck accident in Texas or elsewhere, it's important to know what to do to protect yourself and others. First, make sure everybody is out of the road and safe. Then take the following steps:

1. Contact the police. Inform law enforcement if anyone is injured or if anyone is intoxicated.
2. Gather information from people involved in the accident (including drivers, passengers, pedestrians and witnesses), including:
   • Full names
   • Addresses and driver's license numbers
   • License plate numbers
   • Phone numbers
   • Insurance status of drivers
   • Make and model of cars
   • Name of person to whom vehicle is registered
3. Write down as much information as you can about the accident, including the time and date of the car crash, if anyone was driving while intoxicated (DWI), how the accident occurred, the directions of the vehicles, the names and badge numbers of police offers who came to the scene, and any damage to the vehicles that you saw.
4. Photograph any damage to cars and take pictures of street signs, skid marks, and weather conditions.
5. Create a diagram showing the directions the vehicles were traveling and where the impact or impacts occurred.
6. Note if you saw any problems with the vehicles before the auto accident, such as bald tires, a broken headlight, or if any vehicles were towed from the scene.
7. Visit a doctor, even if you were not directly injured in the accident. Injuries sometimes are not detected until much later.
8. Make a note if someone accepts responsibility for the accident - for example, if someone says "I'm sorry. It was my fault."
9. Contact an experienced Texas personal injury lawyer. In accidents involving serious injuries, an accident attorney can protect your rights.

Contact our law firm in San Antonio

Accidents happen fast. Knowing what to do afterwards can be confusing. We can help. At the Herrera Law Firm, a car accident attorney at our law firm can put experience and resources to work for you if you or a loved one was injured due to someone else's negligence. Our law firm serves San Antonio and communities throughout Texas. Your initial consultation is free, and you don't pay us an attorney's fee unless we recover compensation for you. It's that simple.

Take the confusion out of your accident. Contact the Herrera Law Firm today. We're on your side.