Solicitors Launch App to Help Road Accident Victims Make Faster Insurance Claims
Photo Courtesy of First4Lawyers
Personal injury claims firm First4Lawyers have launched an iPhone application that will help users to record vital details of a collision at the roadside, speeding up the claims process.
Free and very easy to use, the Accident Toolkit iPhone and iPad app guides users through the four simple steps, helping them document all the information necessary to make a good case for a successful insurance claim against the other party.
Road traffic accidents are traumatic and nerve-wracking affairs at the best of times and, understandably, this is where countless road users lose the ability to think quickly. Many fail to record crucial incident information that could make the difference between a claim being either successful or unsuccessful.
Accident Toolkit utilises the iPhone or iPad’s photographic and sound-recording facilities, walking users through logging other driver and witness contact details, taking photographs of the scene and recording voice statements from multiple witnesses.
In a matter of minutes, the four steps will be completed and sent to the Accident Toolkit team. Within 30 minutes, the user will be contacted by one of Accident Toolkit’s insurance experts to discuss their claim, after which any updates to the case will be sent directly to the user’s phone.
One of the first users to review the application, new driver Dawn Drummond was involved in an accident two weeks after passing her test, and swears by the app’s effectiveness.
She said: “I was hit on a roundabout by a man driving a white transit, I was visibly upset but remembered I had the toolkit on my iPhone.
“In about 5 minutes I was able to take images of the scene, and a very nice man walking his dog recorded a witness statement stating it was the van man’s fault. The Accident Toolkit team were on the phone to me straight away after I sent my claim form and they have been first class with my vehicle repairs and my hire vehicle.”
The free app can be downloaded here http://www.accident-toolkit.com/