Personal claims company First4Lawyers have come up with a way of recording the details of road traffic accidents as soon as they happen. Accident Toolkit is a free, easy to use iPhone application that walks users through the steps required to take an accurate record of all the most crucial information at the scene of a car crash, right there at the roadside.

Those of us who have suffered at the hands of another careless road user will know that it can be a stressful and messy business. When we’re involved in an accident, we might not always have the presence of mind to record everything we need to ensure a strong case for an insurance claim. This is where Accident Toolkit comes in.

Making excellent use of the iPhone’s camera and sound recording capabilities, the app guides users through taking multiple photographs of the scene, spoken statements from multiple witnesses and contact details from the other driver and witnesses.

Compatible with iPhone and iPhone Touch (requiring iPhone OS 2.2 or later), the in-built automatic GPS location of these gadgets also means that users can automatically record street names, city, county and country details in an instant.

Accident information will then be sent to the Accident Toolkit team via one simple email report. Users will then be contacted within 30 minutes by an Accident Toolkit insurance specialist to discuss their claim, and update notifications will be sent directly to the user’s phone.

Accident Toolkit’s specialist team of insurance professionals deal solely with drivers who have been injured as a result of an accident that was not their fault, offering a safeguard on NCD, no excess required, full authority on which garage is used to repair your vehicle, a similar courtesy car, and a guaranteed 100 per cent of any compensation won. Drivers are ensured that once their claim has been made, their details will not be passed to any third party companies.

The application is free and ready to download at http://www.accident-toolkit.com/