I accidentally damaged my car – how do I file such an accident?

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He threw up backwards and crashed into a motorcade. This damaged the bumper skirt. I call the traffic police and ask them to come. They refuse and offer to drop off according to European protocol. How to be?

Nikolai, Pskov

The head of the Main Directorate of Road Safety of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Lieutenant General of Police Mikhail Chernikov, answers questions from readers.


Europrotocol is an indemnification tool in the system of compulsory third party liability insurance of vehicle owners.

A prerequisite for its application is the interaction (collision) of two vehicles, the civil liability of the owners of which is insured in accordance with the Federal Law “On Compulsory Insurance of Civil Liability of Vehicle Owners”.

Since only one vehicle was involved in the accident, the traffic police officer’s argument cannot be accepted.

At the same time, you had alternative ways of behaving at the scene of the accident.

If registration of documents about the incident is not required, it was possible to leave the scene of the incident without calling the traffic police.

If the documents are required for any reason (for example due to the requirements of a voluntary property insurance policy), it can be discussed with a police officer during a conversation that the documents be drawn up at the place specified by him (directly in the unit or at road patrol station).

This procedure is regulated in paragraph 2.6.1 of the traffic regulations of the Russian Federation.

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