If you plan to have the negligent driver that caused the accident pay for your medical bills and treatments, then you need to have valid records documenting your injuries and necessary treatments immediately following the accident. Accident reports, along with police reports that were started at the scene of the accident help your claims process.
These records are needed for filing a claim with the insurance company.
After two weeks, if you still have not received a medical diagnosis or treatment, it will become increasingly more difficult to prove you were not in your accident.
The insurance company will argue that your injuries were presented too far after the accident occurred and that they must be from another cause, alleviating them from fault and requiring you to pay for your medical treatments.
Therefore, if you wish to receive compensation for your pain and suffering in addition to your medical bills, we can not stress enough the importance of visiting a doctor or personal injury chiropractor to treat your injuries and create proper accident report, and documentation of records for the insurance company to reference.