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Laws and etiquette dictate that, immediately after a car accident, you should pull off to the side of the road and talk to the other driver. The first thing you are supposed to say is, \u201cIs anyone injured?\u201d If someone is injured, you should call an ambulance immediately. If no one is injured, you should exchange contact information with the other driver and then give your explanation of how the accident happened to a police officer or to the insurance company. Except in the case of accidents that involve injuries severe enough to require emergency medical treatment, the biggest thing on your mind is probably whether the insurance company will find you at fault for the accident because the insurance companies\u2019 decisions about fault affect how financially damaging the accident will be to you. The best way to get the money you need to cover your accident-related financial losses is to contact a Miami<\/span>\u00a0car accident lawyer<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Worst Kinds of Collisions Are Not the Most Common<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

High speeds increase the risk of death or serious injury in a car accident; the slower the vehicles are moving at the time of impact, the more likely it is that no one will be seriously injured. Even at the same speed, some angles of impact carry a greater risk of severe injury. For example, striking another vehicle or a stationary object head-on is dangerous. Frontal collisions have the highest rate of fatality among collisions where the vehicles were traveling within the speed limit. They are also disproportionately represented among single-vehicle collisions. As with all car accidents, seatbelts and airbags reduce the risk of death or catastrophic injury in head-on collisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Laws and etiquette dictate that, immediately after a car accident, you should pull off to the side of the road and talk to the other driver. The first thing you are supposed to say is, \u201cIs anyone injured?\u201d If someone is injured, you should call an ambulance immediately. 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