Emergency Procedures and Collision Reporting
When a collision or breakdown happens, your priorities are safety, then help, then information. Move yourself and others to a safe place away from traffic if possible, switch on hazard lights, and warn approaching traffic. Call the emergency services for injuries, and give clear details: location, number of casualties and hazards. Do not move an injured rider unless there is immediate danger (such as fire); keep them still and warm and wait for trained help. For a collision, you must stop, exchange details with the other party, and report it to the police as required by law - failing to stop or report is an offence. Record what happened: time, location, weather, road conditions, witnesses and vehicle details, and take photographs if safe to do so. Traps: questions that suggest you may leave the scene of a collision, that you should always move an injured person, or that you only need to report if someone is badly hurt. Another trap is forgetting to warn other traffic, which can cause a second collision.
Worked rule of thumb: 'Stop, secure, summon, swap, report' - stop at the scene, secure the area, summon help, swap details, then report to police as required.