# Directive 2008/96/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on road infrastructure safety management, Annex IV: ACCIDENT INFORMATION CONTAINED IN ACCIDENT REPORTS

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Accident reports include the following elements:
1.. location of the accident (as precise as possible), including GNSS coordinates;
2.. pictures and/or diagrams of the accident site;
3.. date and hour of accident;
4.. information on the road such as area type, road type, junction type incl. signalling, number of lanes, markings, road surface, lighting and weather conditions, speed limit, roadside obstacles;
5.. accident severity;
6.. characteristics of the persons involved such as age, sex, nationality, alcohol level, use of safety equipment or not;
7.. data on the vehicles involved (type, age, country, safety equipment if any, date of last periodical technical check according to applicable legislation);
8.. accident data such as accident type, collision type, vehicle and driver manoeuvre;
9.. whenever possible, information on the time elapsed between the time of the accident and the recording of the accident, or the arrival of the emergency services.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2008/96/annex/IV (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2008-96/annex-IV
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