the.com/accident report
the paperwork where nobody's lying but everybody's editing.
means a formal written account of an incident, filed to document facts, assign context, and satisfy insurance and legal requirements.
from emerged with industrial-age workplaces and early auto insurance, when factories and cars started producing injuries faster than lawsuits could track them; standardized forms followed to keep stories consistent.
passive voicethe form itself trains you to use it
insurance origininvented largely to determine who pays
memory gapmost are filed hours after adrenaline distorts recall
legal weightcan be subpoenaed years after the ink dries