In order to ensure both your safety and the proper documentation of the crash, you should follow the following steps if you are in an auto-bicycle collision: Assess whether you can move safely and get to a safe place out of the roadway. Contact 911 and request police assistance. Call an ambulance and get appropriate medical care if you sustained an injury in the collision. Obtain the driver's information. Taking a photo of his driver's license with your cell phone is the best way to preserve the needed contact information quickly. Get the names, addresses, and phone numbers of anyone who was an independent eyewitness.  Even if the driver admits fault he could change his story later. Thus, you should gather witness information regardless of what the other driver tells you. Request a police report be made. Retain any physical evidence such as a cracked cell phone, bloody/torn clothing, reflective gear you were wearing at the time. Get an estimate to repair (or replace if repair s not possible) the bicycle. Present all of the information gathered to your bicycle accident lawyer.