How you apply for SABS benefits depends on the nature of your involvement in an auto-related accident. If it's your car/truck/motorcycle that's been involved in the accident, you apply for SABS benefits from your insurance provider. You should contact the insurer immediately after the accident to allow ample time to prepare for related complications, such as personal injury claims made by pedestrians or passengers. Your insurer then emails you forms that you fill out and send for processing. Your SABS will cater for income loss, healthcare costs, and a wide array of essential living expenses.
As a passenger or pedestrian involved in an auto accident, you apply for SABS benefits by immediately contacting a personal injury lawyer. The lawyer will require details of the negligent party, including name of the truck/car driver or motorcycle rider, number plates on the vehicle, name of the auto insurer, etc. This information enables the lawyer to file a personal injury claim in civil court and notify the defendant's insurance provider of your SABS benefits claim.