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Twenty flashcards on coding vehicle damage and on sending an amended crash report the right way.
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- NY damage codes, Box 1?
- The first point of impact on each unit, as a code from 1 to 16 on the unit diagram.
- Damage code 9 on the unit diagram?
- The tail light area on the driver's side.
- Damage codes, Box 2?
- The area of the unit with the most damage.
- Damage that fits no area code?
- Enter code 19, Other, and explain it in the Crash Description/Officer's Notes.
- What are Boxes 3, 4 and 5 for?
- Extra damage codes, if needed.
- The unit is a truck, bus or motorcycle: which diagram?
- The same unit diagram, read as if it showed that type of vehicle.
- When do you check the Cost of Repairs box?
- When repairs to any one unit or property will cost more than $1,000.
- Which two towing boxes does the NY report have?
- Vehicle Towed, and Vehicle Towed Due to Disabling Damage.
- How does MMUCC mark the initial contact point?
- With clock points 01 to 12, plus top or undercarriage; contact to the grille is clock point 12.
- MMUCC Extent of Damage is based on what?
- How the damage affects the vehicle's operability, not the cost to repair it.
- Disabling damage?
- Damage that keeps the vehicle from leaving the scene normally after simple repairs, so it is towed, carried or assisted away.
- Functional damage versus minor damage?
- Functional affects how the vehicle or its parts work without disabling it; minor does not affect operation.
- A tow truck pulls a car out of a ditch and it drives away: towed?
- No; towing help without removing the vehicle from the scene does not count as towed.
- When do you send an Amended Report?
- Whenever a Police Crash Report already sent to the DMV needs a change.
- Two classic reasons to amend?
- A hit-and-run driver is identified later, or an injured person dies within 1 year of the crash.
- How must the amended report's identifying data look?
- Exactly like the original report, even if the original had an error.
- What do you fill in on the amended report?
- The Amended box, the original date and time, all original driver and registration data, and the original location and county.
- Where do the actual changes go?
- Only in the Crash Description/Officer's Notes; a new crash date, for example, goes there while the top keeps the original.
- Amending an old MV-104A or MV-104AN report?
- Use the new MV-104P with the change noted in the notes; only the amended report is sent.
- Amending an MV-104D fatal crash supplement?
- Write the change in its Additional Information and in the MV-104P notes, and send the MV-104P with it.
Official sources
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles
Police Crash Report Submission Instructions (P-33): forms MV-104P, MV-104S, MV-104EN, MV-104D and MV-104L
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
MMUCC Guideline: Model Minimum Uniform Crash Criteria, 6th Edition (DOT HS 813 525)
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
Tribal Crash Reporting Toolkit: Officer's Instruction Tool (DOT HS 813 055, June 2022)
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