Car Accident Resources

 

Owings Mills is located within Baltimore County, Maryland, and it is a heavily traveled area where motor vehicle collisions occur with high frequency on the main roads of Interstate 795, Reisterstown Road, and Owings Mills Boulevard, and also on the rural roadways like Greenspring Avenue and Caves Road that formerly served mainly a farmer’s tractor. Our Maryland auto accident attorneys have handled hundreds of cases that have occurred in Owings Mills, and neighboring areas like Pikesville, Ruxton, Towson, Randallstown, Reisterstown and Baltimore City.

What happens in the first minutes following the occurrence of an automobile accident will be important to preserving your legal rights to be fully and fairly compensated for your injuries and damages that may include pain and suffering, broken bones, strains and sprains to muscles, ligaments and tendons, herniated discs, concussions, lacerations and scarring, as well as damage to your vehicle which may be a total loss, cost of towing, storage and rental car, and lost wages and medical bills.

In order to protect your rights under the law, we suggest that you print out the following list and place it in the glove compartment of your vehicle. We also suggest that you consider placing a camera in your vehicle so that if you are in a motor vehicle collision, you can take photographs of an accident scene and the involved vehicles. However, if you do not have a camera, a cell phone is another option.

• STOP your car, no matter how minor the accident.
• CALL THE POLICE to investigate the accident, and cooperate fully with the police officer once he or she arrives to the accident scene.
• DO NOT DISCUSS THE ACCIDENT with anyone except the police officer on the scene.
• EXCHANGE INSURANCE INFORMATION with the other driver before leaving the scene of the accident.
• GET THE NAME, ADDRESS AND LICENSE PLATE NUMBER of the other DRIVER.
• GET NAMES, ADDRESSES AND TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF ALL WITNESSES.
• TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS of the damage to your vehicle, the other vehicle, and any skid marks left on the road.
• DO NOT GIVE A RECORDED STATEMENT to any insurance company until a sufficient period of time passes for you to ascertain whether you have sustained injury in the motor vehicle accident, and the severity of the injury.
• IF YOU ARE INJURED, get evaluated by a medical doctor, or go to the nearest emergency room as soon as possible.
• IF YOUR VEHICLE IS TOWED, remove as many valuables as practical.