What To Do If You Are Involved In An Uber or Lyft Accident
Ride sharing companies like Uber and Lyft are being used more than ever before, and this has seen a huge increase in the number of those vehicles on the road. According to Forbes, annual Uber trips alone have gone from 140 million in 2014 to a whopping 6.9 billion in just 6 years, and the figures are rising. As you can imagine with so many cars on the road, the volume of Uber Lyft accidents has also risen.

If you are involved in an accident, there are some steps to follow, which are worth bearing in mind.
Troubling Stats
These stats from 2019 show exactly why you need to remember what to do in the event of an accident.
- Uber vehicles were involved in 97 fatal crashes, of which there were 107 deaths
- Of those deaths 21%were drivers and another 21% were riders
There aren’t available statistics for the number of accidents which these ride sharing services get into, but given that death toll we can safely assume that there are many, especially given the volume of cars on the road.
Calling The Police
The first thing that you should do following an accident is to call the police. It doesn’t matter what the driver of the vehicle tells you regarding this, it is your responsibility to do so. The police should come to the scene of the accident, no matter what the driver decides to do.
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