After an Accident
California-specific procedures for what to do after a car accident, who to call, and your legal right to choose your own tow truck.
- Tier 1 Car Accident on a San Diego Freeway: What To Do Right Now If you've just been in a freeway accident in San Diego, here is exactly what to do — including how to safely move your car, when CHP responds, and how to get a tow off the freeway fast.
- Tier 2 An Uninsured Driver Hit Me in California: Now What? If an uninsured driver hit you in California, here is how Uninsured Motorist coverage works, how to file an SR-1 with the DMV, and your options for recovery — including small claims court and license suspension under the Financial Responsibility Law.
- Tier 2 Hit and Run in San Diego: What To Do and How to File a Report Hit and run in San Diego — what to do at the scene, how to file a police report with SDPD or CHP, the difference between CVC 20001 and 20002, and how to recover damage through your own insurance.
- Tier 2 How to Get a Car Accident Report in San Diego How to request a San Diego car accident report from SDPD or CHP, fees, timelines, what's in the report, what's not, and how to challenge errors in a collision report.
- Tier 2 My Car Was Totaled — What Happens Next in California? If your car was declared a total loss in California, here is how insurers calculate the payout, ACV vs replacement, salvage title options, GAP coverage, and your right to choose where it gets towed.
- Tier 2 When To Call the Police After a Car Accident in California When you must call the police after a California car accident, when you should anyway, and the difference between a police report and the DMV SR-1 you have to file yourself.
- Tier 2 Who Pays for Towing After a Car Accident in California? Who actually pays the tow bill after a California car accident — the at-fault driver's insurer, your collision coverage, or you out of pocket — and how to avoid an expensive rotation tow.