A yellow-light intersection crash may involve signal phase, distance, speed, turning movement, lane position, visibility, traffic queues, and the timing of more than one road user. The color observed by one person is important, but it does not by itself reconstruct the event. The evidence file should connect each vehicle’s movement to a time source, […]
When a vehicle enters a building, the traffic event, physical property condition, injuries, business interruption, and any impaired-driving investigation can generate separate records that should be preserved before responsibility is assumed.
G.S. 20-138.1 defines the offense of impaired driving. An arrest, charge, report, test result, or news account does not determine every civil issue arising from a crash. Criminal and civil proceedings can involve different evidence, standards, parties, and questions.
Separate the traffic and building-condition records
- Vehicle, driver, occupants, route, traffic control, report number, photos, video, witness information, tow, inspection, and vehicle data.
- Building entry point, structural damage, alarms, utilities, fire or building official contact, closures, repair, contractor, incident report, surveillance, and access controls.
- Medical records, bills, work or business-interruption records, insurance notices, policy documents, and communications, indexed by source and date.
G.S. 20-166.1 addresses written reports of reportable crashes. Preserve the crash report with, rather than instead of, the underlying physical, video, repair, and witness evidence.
Rosensteel Fleishman Car Accident & Injury Lawyers provides general information about discussing a North Carolina car-accident matter involving a vehicle and building. Evidence, injuries, property loss, business records, responsibility, insurance, and deadlines require record-specific review.
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