If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident while driving a fleet vehicle for university business please follow the Procedure for Reporting Accidents with Fleet. 

If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident while driving a rental vehicle on university business you need to complete an Automobile Accident  Report form and send to Risk Management Services at jgcollin@mun.ca.  Your immediate supervisor should also complete an Accident/Incident Report form and forward it to Environmental Health and Safety immediately following notification of the accident/incident.

What information should I collect?

There is some important information that should be collected at the scene of the accident as this can be very helpful in the case of an insurance claim:

• Description of damages to vehicle(s)/property
• Vehicle(s) information (year, make, model, license plate number)
• Photos of the damaged vehicle(s)/property and accident scene
• Names, phone numbers, addresses and email addresses of all
• registered owner(s)
• occupants of vehicle(s) involved in the accident
• witnesses
• Location of accident
• Weather conditions at the time of accident
• Brief description of known injuries
• Time of day in which the accident took place
• Company name, policy number and phone number for other insurance companies
• If applicable; police department, police report number, phone number, officer name, badge number, ambulance company, fire department