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After a traffic accident in Taiwan From the scene to compensation

Police records, medical costs, insurance and settlement: what follows a traffic accident in Taiwan, and what remains to be done if you are heading back to the United States, Japan or Korea.

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    A freeway chase ended in a collision. The Supreme Court dismissed a driver's appeal after he failed to identify a legal error, leaving his conviction intact.

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  • The paperwork after a crash in Taiwan

    Police records after a crash in Taiwan can be requested in stages. Using the national portal and appointing someone to act for you each come with conditions.

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When the car ahead lets you pass

Two passenger cars show Article 101's sequence: signal, wait for the lead car to yield, pass on the left and return to the original lane. This is a hypothetical example, not an actual case; speeds, distances and timing are illustrative assumptions, with no assessment of fault.

Two passenger cars travel on a flat road with two lanes in the same direction: brick-red car 1 leads, with grey-green car 2 behind. Car 2 flashes its headlights once; car 1 signals right to yield. Car 2 signals left, passes in the left lane, then signals right and returns to its original lane after opening a gap. The final still shows both cars in the same lane, with car 2 ahead and space between them.
1 · Brick-red car: initially ahead, yielding to the following car. 2 · Grey-green car: overtaking from behind. Amber flashes are turn signals; the single bright flash at the front of car 2 is its headlight signal.Car 2 flashes its headlights once; after car 1 signals right to let it pass, car 2 signals left and overtakes with at least 0.5 m of lateral clearance. Once safely clear, car 2 signals right and returns to its original lane.Hypothetical example: this animation does not reconstruct an actual case or judgment and makes no assessment of fault. Speeds, distances and timing are illustrative assumptions; the 0.5 m minimum lateral clearance comes from Article 101. The scene assumes no other prohibition on overtaking applies: signalling and yielding do not permit overtaking where it is otherwise prohibited.

The procedure depends on where the accident happened

The guidance here covers accidents in Taiwan. For an accident in the United States, Japan or Korea, the official resources linked here and local legal advice are the starting points.

Taiwan

The Taiwan accident articles cover the accident scene, fault, insurance, settlement and civil compensation.

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United States

Reporting and insurance procedures need to be checked for the state where the accident happened. The linked guidance applies to California, not the United States as a whole.

California DMV accident guidance ↗

Japan

Local police information is the starting point for an accident in Japan. Taiwan’s reporting and settlement procedures cannot be assumed to apply there.

Osaka Police accident guidance ↗

Korea

For duties at the scene and reporting requirements, see Korea’s Road Traffic Act. Treatment, insurance and compensation require assessment of the individual circumstances.

Korea Road Traffic Act, Article 54 ↗

Discuss an accident in Taiwan

For a first inquiry, please send a non-confidential outline: when and where the accident happened, whether anyone was injured, your current country, the status of police and insurance proceedings, and any departure date. Before sending medical records or identification, ask about secure delivery.

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