Evidence will be crucial after your accident if you have suffered injuries and property damage. You need evidence to support a claim for compensation from the at-fault driver’s insurance company. The moments immediately after your accident are important. If you can gather evidence while you are still at the scene, it can help your claim. Gather evidence can help you to show that the other driver was at fault and that the accident caused your injuries and losses. Gather the following types of information while you are at the accident scene:• Make, model, and year of the other vehicle • The license plate number •The Vehicle Identification Number from the driver's insurance card or the car's dashboard • The other driver's name, address, phone number, and email address • Name, phone number, and address of all passengers • Date of birth for everyone involved • The other driver's driver's license number • If the other driver is driving someone else's vehicle, the owner's name and contact information Make sure to get the names and contact information for any witness who saw what happened. Take pictures and videos of the accident scene, including the damage, weather conditions, traffic control devices, and other relevant information. Take pictures of your injuries. As soon as possible, write down what you remember from your accident and include plenty of details. Draw a diagram of the accident scene that shows the location of the vehicles before and after your accident. Write down the direction that you and the other driver were traveling and the approximate speed of each vehicle. When you video the scene, make sure that you have the sound turned on. This can help to capture any admissions about fault, insurance, and other relevant details and helps to prevent people from changing their stories later. If you can get the witnesses to write a statement that tells what they saw and heard, it can also be helpful. Ask the witness to give his or her full name and contact information and to sign any statement that he or she provides.