People filing insurance claims were told to summarize exactly what happened in as few words as possible on insurance or accident forms. The following quotes were taken from these forms and were eventually published in the Toronto Sun on July 27, 1977.,

These are perfect examples of how someone who's not paying attention to what they're doing can make themselves look stupid in a funny way.

Going home, I drove into the wrong house and collided with a tree I don't have.
The other car collided with mine without giving warning of its intentions.
I thought my window was down, but I found it was up when I put my hand through it.
I collided with a stationary truck coming the other way.
A pedestrian hit me and went under my car.
The guy was all over the road. I had to swerve a number of times before I hit him.
I pulled away from the side of the road, glanced at my mother-in-law, and went over the embankment.
In an attempt to kill a fly, I drove into a telephone pole.
I had been shopping for plants all day and was on my way home. As I reached the intersection, a hedge sprang up, obscuring my vision. I did not see the other car.
I had been driving my car for 40 years when I fell asleep at the whell and had an accident.
As I approached the intersection, a stop sign suddenly appeared in a place where no stop sign had ever been before. I was unable to stop in time to avoid the accident.
My car was legally parkes as it backed into the
other vehicle.
An invisible car came out of nowhere, struck my vehicle, and vanished.
I told the police that I was not injured, but upon removing my hat, I found that I had a skull fracture.
I was sure that the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.
The pedestrian had no idea which way to go, so I ran over him.
I saw the slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car.
The indirect cause of this accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mustache.
I was thrown from my car as it left the road. I was later found in a ditch by some stray cows.
The telephone pole was approaching fast and I was attempting to swerve out of its path when it struck my front end.
I was unable to stop in time and my car crashed into the other vehicle. The driver and passengers then left for vacation with injuries.
I was on my way to the doctor with rear end trouble when my universal joint gave way, causing me to have an accident.

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