Safety and a medical check come first. Injury First Steps and a personal injury lawyer who serves your area may call about the report, the insurer, and the clock.
Where our facts come from
Checked against California DMV and California Insurance Commissioner guidance on October 27, 2026.
You send five fields. A personal injury lawyer who serves your area may call about what to do after a car accident. Hiring anyone is still your decision.
Your name, phone, email, state, and city go to one or more personal injury lawyers that serve your area. They do not go to the police or your insurer.
Expect the date and place, the report number if you have it, and whether an insurer already asked for a statement. The call does not start a lawsuit.
If you hire that lawyer, the fee agreement has to be in a writing you sign. If you do not, you can tell them to stop.
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The pages follow official crash-report, insurance, and filing-deadline pages. Injury First Steps is not a court, a police department, or a law firm. The form does not start a case, and it does not promise a settlement.
You send your name, phone, email, state, and city. Injury First Steps and personal injury lawyers near you may call and text. You can tell them no. The call does not hire anyone.
Checked against official pages
Every deadline and reporting rule on this page links to a statute, a DMV page, or an insurance department page.
Five fields, then a call
Name, phone, email, state, and city. The form never asks for a Social Security number or a medical file.
Safety and medical care come first. Then photos, names, and your own insurer. The other driver's company is a separate call, and it is not your lawyer.
Your own insurer may take a written or recorded statement. California's insurance department also says not to sign statements about fault or promises to pay, and to notify your company immediately.
California asks for an SR-1 within 10 days when anyone is injured or property damage is over $1,000. Many California and Texas injury suits use two years. New York generally uses three. A contingency fee has to be in a signed writing.
The people on the phone do different jobs. Mix them up and you can give a fact to the wrong one.
You can send the form without either of these. They make the first conversation shorter.
No. This is an independent guide. The person who calls you is a private lawyer, not the police, a court, or an insurance department.
Sending the form does not hire anyone. A lawyer's fee for a case is a separate agreement you would make later, if you hire them.
No one can promise that. A court or an insurer decides a claim. Walk away from anyone who says a settlement is certain.
A partner personal injury lawyer may call or text the number you entered. You can tell them to stop. The form never asks for a Social Security number.
One guide on the first hours, plus short answers and the lawyer checklist. Each one names its official source.
You decide what happens after the call. The form does not hire a lawyer.
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