Pedestrian and bicycle crash records

Organize records after being hit while walking, biking, or riding an e-bike.

A crash involving a pedestrian, bicyclist, e-bike rider, or scooter rider can create scattered records: photos, police report numbers, driver insurance details, treatment visits, bills, transportation costs, damaged property, and missed work. Use this guide to organize facts before requesting a free review without assuming fault, coverage, injury severity, or value.

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Five-step pedestrian and bicycle crash record organizer

  1. Capture neutral location facts. Note date, time, city/state, roadway, crosswalk or bike-lane context, traffic controls, weather, lighting, and whether the crash involved turning, backing, a door opening, rideshare/delivery activity, or a parking-lot/private-property area.
  2. Keep driver and report details together. Save the driver name if available, vehicle/plate details, insurer, claim number, police/crash report number, property incident report, and adjuster correspondence.
  3. Organize photos and camera notes carefully. Save scene photos, damaged-bike or damaged-property photos, helmet/clothing photos, witness information, dashcam/security-camera leads, and traffic-control details without saying they prove fault or value.
  4. Separate treatment, cost, and work records. Keep treatment visits, discharge notes, referrals, imaging, prescriptions, bills/EOBs, transportation receipts, out-of-pocket expenses, work restrictions, employer notes, and missed-shift records in dated folders.
  5. Avoid proof/value language. Do not write that crosswalks, bike lanes, helmet details, photos, camera notes, witness statements, reports, treatment records, bills, damaged-property records, or missed-work notes prove fault, coverage, injury severity, qualification, reimbursement eligibility, claim value, or a guaranteed result.

Intersection crash records

Many pedestrian and bicycle crashes involve intersections, turns, signals, stop signs, driveways, or cross-traffic. Organize those facts separately.

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Photos and evidence

Keep scene photos, vehicle and bicycle damage, camera-source notes, witness details, police/crash report numbers, treatment details, and missed-work notes together.

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Medical treatment records

Organize treatment visits, discharge notes, imaging, prescriptions, bills/EOBs, follow-up appointments, transportation costs, and work notes.

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Avoid these assumptions

  • Do not assume crosswalk, sidewalk, bike-lane, helmet, property-damage, report, photo, witness, camera, treatment, bill, or missed-work records prove fault, coverage, injury severity, qualification, reimbursement eligibility, claim value, or guaranteed compensation
  • Do not treat this page as legal, medical, insurance, investigative, repair, employment, tax, or financial advice
  • Do not send private medical or claim details to a partner business; use ARC's free-review form instead