Motor Insurers'
bureau of Latvia

Persons involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) shall notify the State Police of the accident or fill out an Agreed Statement (AS). Filling out an AS is possible only in cases where only two vehicles are involved in the RTA, if both drivers involved can agree on the circumstances of the RTA, if no people were injured, no damage was caused to third party property, and the vehicles did not suffer damage that would prevent or prohibit them from driving. In any other situation, drivers must notify the Traffic Police of the RTA that occurred.

If the RTA is drawn up using the Harmonized Notice, the at-fault party must submit it to their insurer no later than 10 days.

If one of the drivers of vehicles involved in a road traffic accident (RTA) arbitrarily leaves the RTA site and does not fill out the agreed statement, refuses to fill it out or it is impossible for both parties to fill it out, the driver of the other vehicle shall immediately notify the State Police about the RTA. The injured party shall submit an application for damages caused by the RTA to the insurer of the other vehicle involved in the RTA or LTAB, if the insurance compensation is to be paid from the Guarantee Fund (ie the civil liability of the owner of the other vehicle involved in the RTA was not insured). The responsible insurer can be found by the vehicle registration number in the section "Search for the responsible insurer".

Persons claiming compensation for damages are obliged to maintain the vehicle and damaged property in the condition in which it was after the road traffic accident until it is inspected in accordance with the procedures prescribed by law by an expert of the insurer who insured the civil liability of the owner of the vehicle that caused the damage, or LTAB expert, if the insurance indemnity is to be paid from the Guarantee Fund, or until the time when a refusal to conduct an inspection is received.

Insurer or LTAB is entitled not to carry out an inspection of the vehicle that caused the road traffic accident (CSA), and within five days (counting from the day of receipt of the agreed notification or application) it shall inform the owner or authorized user of the vehicle in writing. If the insurer or LTAB has decided to carry out an inspection of the vehicle that caused the RTA, it must be carried out within five days (counting from the day the insurer or LTAB received the agreed notification or application).