casualty or emergency department of the hospital. Your presence at the hospital or your doctor’s clinic immediately following the accident will be logged into your medical records and may be used to support your motorcycle accident claim.

Call the police. The authorities will assist the injured and note down details of the accident. They will sketch the accident scene, gather evidence, document the incident, and file cases, if needed.

Gather proof. Take note of the other vehicle’s involved. Remember the make, model, color, and license plate number. Also, take note of damages to your vehicle as well to the other vehicle/s. Take pictures and/or video, if you can. Use your digital camera or mobile phone to document the scene as well as the weather and road conditions.

If the drivers of the other vehicles has not run off, take their names, addresses, and insurance details. If there are eye witnesses on the scene, ask for their names and addresses as well. They could prove to be a big help in proving your innocence and making your motorcycle accident claim. If you are able, try to recall the exact circumstances that led to the accident and sketch the scene. Make sure that you indicate where the vehicles ended up.

Don’t discuss liability. This is crucial and, in fact, almost certainly a condition of your insurance policy. Do not admit liability at the scene and, even if it is very clear that the other driver was at fault, remain courteous and assist him if he has been hurt. Discuss damages and liabilities later on.

Notify your insurance company. After you have attended to your injuries and gone over the details with the police, report the incident to your insurance company. It is also wise to calculate for losses and expenses incurred due to the accident. Include any expenses incurred by family and friends as well.

Statistics provided by traffic police show that most road traffic injuries involving motorcycles were the motorcycle riders fault. This supports the prejudice that most people, including authorities, have against motorcycles and their owners. Nevertheless, making a motorcycle accident claim shouldn’t be too difficult if you have taken steps to ensure that there is enough conclusive evidence proving that you were not the cause of the accident.