Car Accident Report
Car Accident Report
Car Accident Report
Yesterday, as you were walking to school, you saw a car go out of control. It was
driven by a learner driver, accompanied by an instructor. The car crashed into a stall
by the roadside. The stall overturned, injuring the stallholder and his daughter.
The Police have asked you to write a report on exactly what you saw.
Your report must be a clearly expressed, factual account and you should include any
further information which you think would be helpful. Remember to give your report
a heading.
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Tackling the Question
Step 1: Read the question carefully, paying attention to every piece of detail.
Underline the key words so that you will not miss any important point.
You need to fully understand the question before attempting to answer.
Please turn to the first page and underline the key words.
Step 2: Analyse the question in terms of the text form, text type, purpose,
audience and tone.
Analysis of Question
Text Form
Text Type
Purpose
Audience
Tone
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Step 3: Plan your essay by organising the format, the paragraphs and the details.
2nd paragraph
•Who were involved?
•Describe car (model, license plate, colour etc)
•Describe the road situation at that time (raining/slippery/full of cars/dimly lit …)
3rd paragraph
• Describe how it happened (skidded/crashed/overturned …)
• Describe injuries
• How soon did the ambulance arrive? Police?
(a) Make the time of the accident at 7 pm. (time should be in the morning)
(b) Say that I was taking the bus to school when the accident occurred.
(h) Say how the learner driver and the instructor reacted.
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Vocabulary
1. People involved:
• Witnesses • Police
• Distraught victim • Bystanders
2. Road conditions:
• foreign obstacles or • road damage including
substances on the road pot holes
surface
• rain, ice, or snow • streetlights were not on
making the roads slick or were dimly lit
3. Weather conditions
• Heavy downpour
4. Description of car :
• registration number, colour, make and model of the
vehicle
eg. blue Toyota Corolla, grey Honda City
• front bumper was dented
5. Description of driver:
• race and sex of the driver • reckless driving
• driving under the influence
of alcohol
6. Action of the car:
• Travelling along • wrecked
Tiong Bahru Road towards
Outram Road on March 21
at about 10.15pm.
• swerving out of a • unable to stop in time
turning on my left
• cutting into my • approached the
lane intersection
• braked • swerve
• crashed • unable to stop in time
• reversed • negotiating the
corner / intersection
• veered • Rear-end collision,
side collision
• collided • Head-on collision
• driving under wet • Pile-up
conditions
• overturned • spun out of control
before coming to a stop
• skidded on the wet • mounted the kerb
road and hit the
• 180-degree spin • screeched to a halt
• lost control of the • the car turned turtle
car after the collision
7. About the accident scene
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8. About the injuries
• Unconscious • suffering severe shock.
• bled profusely • crushed under the car
• in intensive care • fatal
• required 20 stitches for • pronounced dead
his head
• sent bodies hurtling onto • lacerations to the hip and
the pavement thigh
• the full extent of the • looking dazed
injuries was not known
• flung them to the ground • deep facial cuts
• grazed knees • serious internal injuries
9. About the action taken:
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Report Writing – Sample
Suddenly, I saw David turning to run away but the bigger boy grabbed him Vivid account
from behind and held him tightly under the arms while his partner slapped which clearly
David and punched him several times in the stomach. Then the bigger boy reveals who
started the
released his grip on David, shoved him about and knocked him on the head fight, and
while the other boy scanned the immediate surroundings, as if on the lookout. what
Hoping that my appearance would frighten the assailants off and prevent provoked the
serious harm to David, I quickly walked towards them. When the boy on the victim to
lookout saw me, he said something to his partner, who turned to stare at me. draw his
penknife.
During their unguarded moment, David suddenly whipped out a penknife
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and waved at them. The two boys were taken aback for a second, but information
immediately after, the big-sized boy from Lihua Secondary lunged at David, may mitigate
knocking him to the ground. The attackers kicked him a few times before
taking off.
I immediately attended to David, who suffered a black eye and bruises on A concluding
his face and arms. He was also bleeding from a cut in his right thigh and paragraph
complained of a pain in his stomach. I quickly helped him to the sick bay which
where I met Mr Teo, the Maths teacher, who immediately drove him to the suitably
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hospital in his car. Later, I handed the penknife, which I had found at the who
scene of the incident, to Mr Low, the discipline master. rendered
further help
Submitted by: Lena Soon
Lena Soon Writer’s signature and class (as it is
Sec 3A
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Answers
Analysis of Question
Text Form Report
Audience Police
• Formal
o NO short forms ‘didn’t’
o NO informal terms e.g. ‘stone’, ‘vomit blood’
Tone o start a sentence with ‘However’, not ‘But’
• Objective, NO personal opinions. Focus on the events and
the evidence, not on your thoughts or feelings
• Use active voice
• Simple past tense to relate past events
Register • Clear, simple English
• Logical and Sequential connectors
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To: Sergeant Ang J.H.
Officer-in-charge
Choa Chu Kang N.P.P.
29 March 2007
A red Toyota Corolla car with registration number SDQ 8888 U was being
driven by a female Chinese learner driver accompanied by an instructor.
The car skidded and crashed into a stall by the roadside. The stall
overturned, injuring the stallholder and his daughter. The car was
travelling at quite a high speed when the driver braked suddenly.
When the ambulance arrived, the injured stallholder and his daughter
were sent to the hospital, while the driver and the instructor stayed
behind to give their statements to the police. Skid marks could be seen
on the road. I was asked to help in the investigations by writing this
report on what I had witnessed.