ERA-GLONASS State Information System: Practical Significance of Digital Technology for Recording the Circumstances of Road Traffic Accidents in the Judicial Resolution of Auto Insurance Disputes

This publication discusses the practical importance of using the digital technology of the ERA-GLONASS state information system for recording the circumstances of a road traffic accident. The research is based on the application of comparative legal analysis, systemic and structural analysis, synthesis method. The effectiveness and feasibility of using this digital technology, aimed at detailed and prompt registration of the initial circumstances of a road traffic accident, from the standpoint of their possible subsequent judicial proof in the course of litigation in an auto insurance dispute, is evaluated. The relevance of the study, dictated by the advancement of the digital paradigm for the use of various technical means of fixation, is also due to the fact that often the arguments about the inconsistency of the mechanism of occurrence of individual damages on the vehicle with the circumstances of a particular road traffic accident during the judicial resolution of an auto insurance conflict are based on the legal position of the insurance company referring to the absence of grounds for satisfying the claims of the policyholder to collect insurance compensation.