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It is to ensure the safety on the road in general. It is for ambulance/documentation perposes to report an accident, and it may help save a life because the person you had a near accident with may be intoxicated or a criminal.
It is important to report accidents and near misses so that action can be taken to keep them from happening again. Doing so also increases the likelihood that proper medical attention will be given to anyone injured by the "accident."
IMMEDIATELY, your policy will say, ''you must promptly report all accidents''
Your supervisor, who should write it up in an accident log-book.
All crashes that result in vehicle damage must be reported to the police.
Accidents with property damage in excess of $500, or involving personal injury, must be reported.
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to prevent more near misses and by extension, accidents. the number of near misses is proportional to the number of accidents. so less near misses = less accidents. yay!
Yes. Your policy probably says something to the effect that you must report ALL accidents you're involved in.
US Coast Guard.
Accident and incident reports along with memos and notes are used in a workplace to report accidents and incident errors.
I googled = "precedes all accidents or near misses" = Virtually all accidents are preceded by a chain of events or circumstances that would have warned of a potential for danger.