If you're involved in a car accident, are you obliged to provide the details concerning motor third-party liability insurance at the request of another person involved in the accident?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the photo you can see a gold-coloured car with a smashed side and its bonnet raised, standing on a town street after an accident; in the background there is a police car and a group of people on the pavement. A person involved in an accident must, at the request of another person involved in it, give details of the vehicle's third-party liability insurance (OC) contract - the policy number and the name of the insurer. The answer is: yes.
The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in an accident, at the request of a person involved in the accident, to give their personal details, the personal details of the owner or keeper of the vehicle, and details of the insurance company with which the compulsory third-party liability insurance contract has been concluded. Compensation for the injured party is paid from the OC policy of the person who caused the accident, which is why these details go into the joint statement about the road incident. It is a good idea to have the policy number saved in your phone, because the document does not have to be in the car.
Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 1 point 4 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)