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2024 MPOETC CRASH INVESTIGATION EXAM 14 WITH CORRECT ANSWERS
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2024 MPOETC CRASHINVESTIGATION EXAM 14 WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS
Un-stabilized Situation - CORRECT ANSWERS-An un-stabilized situation is a
set of events not under human control. It originates when control is lost and
terminates when control is regained or when all persons and property are at
rest
Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-A crash is the result of an un-stabilized situation
which includes at least one incident of personal injury or property damage
that is not a direct result of a cataclysm or deliberate intent.
Legal Intervention - CORRECT ANSWERS-A category of deliberate intent in
which the person who acts or refrains from acting is a law-enforcing agent or
other official. To be considered legal intervention the officer must be chasing
someone and physically use the officer's vehicle to stop the person being
chased.
- Crashes that result from Legal Intervention are not reportable.
Examples:
• If a lawbreaker crashes, either intentionally or unintentionally, into a
roadblock set up by police to stop him/her, then the crash is considered a
result of legal intervention.
• If a driver, other than the lawbreaker, crashes into the roadblock, then the
crash is not considered to be a result of legal intervention and is therefore
reportable.
Phantom Vehicle - CORRECT ANSWERS-is a unit involved in the crash but
where there is no contact between it and any other unit in the crash. In a
sense, it is a unit that causes something to happen but is not directly
involved in it. (There must be evidence or witness statements to corroborate
existence of a phantom vehicle).
Examples:
• A car slams on the brakes to avoid a pedestrian. The vehicle following it
swerves to avoid contact and strikes the curb causing damage to the front
bumper requiring towing.
,• The first car in this scenario is a phantom vehicle because there was no
contact with the second vehicle. The pedestrian could also be considered a
phantom, but since it is not a vehicle, would not be included.
Involved Parties - CORRECT ANSWERS-All involved operators, occupants and
property owners
Series of Events - CORRECT ANSWERS-Pre-scene series of events:
• The events that led up to the driver's point of possible perception of a
hazard.
• This includes normal driving and anything that occurs prior to the collision
scene.
On-scene series of events:
• The events that occur within the on-scene area, which includes the point of
possible perception.
• The "scene" of the collision includes everything from the point of possible
perception to final res
Non-Collision Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-Any crash other than a collision
crash. A crash report should be prepared if the resultant incident meets the
definition of a reportable crash, i.e., there is an injury or property damage
that requires towing.
• The incident must occur on a highway or traffic way that is open to the
public by right or custom and involve at least one motor vehicle in transport.
EX:
• Sudden stop causes an occupant to be injured.
• Vehicle overturning.
• Breakage of any part of the vehicle, resulting in injury or further property
damage.
• Explosion of any part of the vehicle.
• Fire starting in the vehicle while in motion (not parked). • Fall or jump from
the vehicle.
• Occupant hit by an object in or thrown against some part of the vehicle.
• Object falling on the vehicle.
Department Vehicle Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-Any crash in which a
Department vehicle is involved. Also includes a crash in which Department
personnel drive, or are custodians of, a Turnpike Commission vehicle; other
Commonwealth-owned or -leased vehicle; a personal vehicle authorized for
official use; a vehicle which a member legally utilizes in a self-activated
, response to a serious police matter as prescribed in Field Regulation 1-2,
Duty Requirements; or a vehicle loaned to the Department for on-duty use.
Hit-and-Run Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-A hit and run crash is a motor
vehicle collision in which a driver involved fails to comply with any legal
requirements regarding stopping, giving aid and giving ID.
• Attempt to find all parties. Did they leave the scene by foot, vehicle, or got
a ride? Is this really a hit and run?
Reportable Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-The incident must occur on a
highway or traffic way that is open to the public by right or custom and
involve at least one motor vehicle in transport.
Section 3746(a) of Title 75 states a crash is reportable if it involves: - Injury
to or death of any person; and/or - Damage to any vehicle to the extent that
it cannot be driven under its own power in its customary manner without
further damage or hazard to the vehicle, other traffic elements, or the
roadway, and therefore requires towing.
Non-Reportable Crash - CORRECT ANSWERS-A non-reportable crash involves
a crash with no injury or death of any person, in which there is no towing due
to the damage to the vehicle at the time of the crash.
• Furthermore, if the incident occurred on private property or was a result of
deliberate intent or cataclysm, the crash is not reportable.
- A non-reportable crash does not require a Police Crash Report Form to be
completed or submitted to PENNDOT.
Motor Vehicle in Transport - CORRECT ANSWERS-A motor vehicle in transport
is any motorized vehicle moving or stopped (not parked) being used in the
transportation of person(s) or property. There must be at least one motor
vehicle in transport involved in every crash reported to PENNDOT.
Cataclysm - CORRECT ANSWERS-A cataclysm is a cloudburst, cyclone,
earthquake, flood, hurricane, lightning, tidal wave, torrential rain, tornado,
volcanic eruption, etc. Crashes that result from a cataclysm are not
reportable.
- Motor vehicles driven into water when a bridge is washed out during a
hurricane or flood.
- Motor vehicles driven into falling materials covering a roadway during a
landslide or avalanche.
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