When reporting a traffic accident to the alarm numer of the emergency services, should you provide your personal data?

In the photo someone is talking on a mobile phone held to their ear. When reporting a road accident, you should give the dispatcher your identification details - your first name, surname and the number of the phone you are calling from. The answer is: yes.

The Road Traffic Act requires a driver involved in an accident in which someone is killed or injured to call an emergency medical team and the Police and to stay at the scene of the accident, and the State Emergency Medical Services Act obliges every witness of a sudden medical emergency to notify the services effectively. An effective report is one that the dispatcher can verify and complete: when you give your details and number, the rescuers will call you back if they cannot find the place or if the casualty's condition changes, and an anonymous call is sometimes treated as less reliable. During the call you speak calmly: what happened, where exactly, how many people are injured and in what condition, who you are - and you do not hang up until the dispatcher says that they have all the information.

Legal basis: Art. 44 para. 2 point 1 and 3 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym); Art. 4 of the State Emergency Medical Services Act