Car accident injury claims are one of the major branches of cases in the personal injury litigation market. Car accident injury claims are made when any person travelling in a car sustains a personal injury which was caused by someone else being at fault. They are designed to help victims recover compensation for medical expenses, property damage and loss of earnings. Certain pieces of information are vital to any car accident injury claim, including where the accident took place, the time of the car accident, what exactly happened, and who was driving the car/each car involved. Most of this information will usually be collected at the scene, where liability for the car accident is also often admitted and insurance details are usually swapped. If the police attend the scene of any car accident they will document the parties involved and their assessment of what has happened to cause the accident. This may be invaluable in later car accident injury claims as it provides legal documentation which will stand up in court. It is generally advised to call the police in the event of any accident, no matter how small, so that this documentation occurs and may resolve conflicting accounts of the events leading to the accident.