Do you need a lawyer to prosecute traffic accidents?

Legal analysis: whether to hire a lawyer generally depends on the following factors: 1, whether the case is serious and whether the amount involved is large. If the answer is yes, you should hire a lawyer; 2. Do you have strong legal knowledge? If so, there is no need to hire a lawyer and handle it yourself. Do you have time to deal with these specific problems? If you don't have time, you should hire a lawyer. 4, the solution is not rich, because it costs a lawyer to hire a lawyer. 5. It depends on the perpetrator or the victim. Generally, the injurer has an insurance company to participate in the lawsuit. If the victim does not hire a lawyer, there will be great property losses, especially the degree of injury and the nature of household registration. But this does not mean that the parties to the accident do not need to hire a lawyer. Whether to hire a lawyer depends on the specific situation.

Legal basis: Article 1 179 of the Civil Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) infringes on others and causes personal injury, it shall compensate the reasonable expenses of treatment and rehabilitation such as medical expenses, nursing expenses, transportation expenses, nutrition expenses, hospital food subsidies, and the reduced income due to absenteeism.

If it causes disability, it shall also compensate for the cost of assistive devices and disability compensation; If death is caused, funeral expenses and death compensation shall also be paid.

Article 133 of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates traffic laws and regulations, thus causing serious accidents, causing serious injuries or deaths or causing heavy losses to public or private property, and shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention; Whoever escapes after a traffic accident or has other particularly bad circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years; Whoever escapes and causes death shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years.

The Supreme People's Court's explanation on some issues concerning the specific application of law in the trial of criminal cases of traffic accidents.

Article 2 If a traffic accident occurs under any of the following circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention:

(a) one person died or more than three people were seriously injured, and they were fully or mainly responsible for the accident;

(2) An accident in which three or more people died and were equally responsible;

(3) Causing direct losses to public property or other people's property, and being wholly or mainly responsible for the accident, and being unable to compensate for the amount of more than 300,000 yuan.

If a traffic accident causes serious injuries to more than one person, and bears all or the main responsibility for the accident, and has one of the following circumstances, he shall be convicted and punished for the crime of traffic accident:

(a) driving a motor vehicle after drinking or taking drugs;

(2) Driving a motor vehicle without driving qualification;

(three) driving a motor vehicle knowing that the safety device is incomplete or the safety components are out of order;

(4) Driving with knowledge of unlicensed or scrapped motor vehicles;

(five) serious overload driving;

(six) to escape from the scene of the accident in order to escape legal investigation.