What to share after a car crash « Bankrate, Inc.
It's a curious ritual we naturally fall into when one motor vehicle makes inappropriate contact with another: Both drivers jump out, exchange driver's licenses and auto insurance cards, hastily scribble down names, addresses, maybe phone numbers, and wait for the cops to arrive.
But the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, or NAIC, says the only information you should share with the other driver post-crash is your name, the make, model and year of your vehicle and the phone number of your auto insurance company.
"Sharing additional personal information, such as driver's license numbers and home addresses, puts consumers, their property and their safety at risk," according to NAIC. "In fact, sharing personal phone numbers is not necessary."