Motor vehicle accidents are one of the leading causes of personal injury in the country, but there aren’t many resources to help victims immediately following the crash. There may be physical trauma and it may be hard to concentrate on what you should do next. Documenting the details of the accident is crucial after a crash, but where can you take down the information you need?

Now there is an iPhone app brought to you by the American Lawyer Academy that is there to help you when you have been in an accident. The free application is called Car Accident SideKick, and it is equipped with an emergency checklist and on-the-scene car accident tools. The app will literally take you step by step through the moments immediately following your accident.

The app can help with everything from contacting emergency personnel to helping you file a real-time insurance claim. It can also help you document evidence from the scene as well as allowing you to obtain legal advice from a skilled attorney in your area.

Some of the features of the app:

• Organizing emergency contacts. No one plans to be in an accident, but if you are in one it will be reassuring to know that all of your emergency contacts are organized in one place from 911 to towing companies or a family member.

• If you have never been in an accident then you may not know what you should document at the scene. The app features a step-by-step guide to collecting evidence, letting you know what is important to record.

• A car accident checklist for the aftermath of a car accident to be sure you do not make any mistakes in an emergency situation.

• If you are unsure of your location when you get in an accident, the accident scene locator feature can help. It will let you know cross streets near the scene so that you can notify emergency responders of your location.

• It also has emergency tools such as a flashlight and voice recorder, which could help with taking statements.

• This is the only iPhone app that allows you to submit your insurance claim right at the scene of the accident.

• There is also a legal assistance tool that will give you the option of having the details, which you recorded in the app, evaluated free of charge by a hand-picked attorneys who specialize in these cases.

If the price and usefulness of the app wasn’t enough you could win a prize! Now through March 31, 2012, everyone who downloads this tool is automatically entered to win one of four prizes: an iPad 2, a $600 Nordstrom gift certificate, a Playstation 3 Bundle with Move, or an Xbox 360 Bundle with Kinect.

No one ever expects to be in an accident, but by simply downloading this free application you can prepare yourself in case you ever are—hopefully you will never have to use it. If you have been injured in an auto accident caused by someone else’s negligence you may be entitled to compensation. Contact a skilled New Jersey car accident lawyer today by calling (866) 778-5500 and set up your free consultation.