How to Read a Police Report After a Phoenix Car Accident
A plain-language walkthrough of each section of an Arizona police report — fault notation, diagram, insurance fields, witness information — and how each section affects a PI claim.
An Arizona crash report is the single most important document in the early weeks of a personal injury claim. Insurers read it first, and so will any attorney evaluating your case.
Section by section, here is what each field of the report actually means — and where adjusters look for reasons to limit a payout.
Pay closest attention to the diagram, the contributing-factor codes, and the witness-information block. These three together drive most early liability disputes.
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