Traffic Crash Scene
A collision involving one or more vehicles in motion causing property damage, personal injury, serious bodily injury, or death.
Traffic crash injuries are classified into how many legal categories and what are they?
What is six and none, possible injury, non-incapacitating injury, incapacitating injury, fatal injury, and non-traffic fatal injury?
The officer is responsible for submitting the report within __ ____ if it meets the criteria outline in chapter 316, F.S.
What is 10 days?
3 types of traffic violations
What is contributing traffic violation, non contributing traffic violation, and non-traffic violation?
The location of the first harmful event, or the first damage-producing event in the traffic crash.
What is area of collision (AOC)?
Examples of warning devices
What is barricades, flares or fuses, message boards, signs, and traffic cones, reflective triangles?
The Florida Statutes further define a ______ ______ ____ as an injury to a person, including the driver, which consists of a physical condition that creates a substantial risk of death, serious personal disfigurement, or protracted loss or impairment of the function of a bodily member or organ.
What is serious bodily injury?
The driver of each vehicle must provide the following information:
What is name, current street address, drivers license or learners permit number, registration number of the vehicle they are driving, and insurance information?
You must update all open traffic crash investigations every __ ___ until you close the investigation.
What is 30 days?
Any action the driver takes to alter the speed or direction of a vehicle to avoid danger, or hazard
What is evasive action?
You may be able to identify a material using the ERG by finding any one of the following:
What is the four digit number on the placard or orange panel on the container, the name of the material on the shipping papers or packaging, and the number of the material on the shipping papers or packing?
This prepares you for responding to trauma-related issues associated with a traffic crash
What is you first aid training?
The writing instrument that should be used when filling out the form by the drivers
The view you should have when preparing the diagram
What is bird's eye view?
A broad area of a hard surface covered with many scratches, striations, or streak marks made without great pressure by a sliding metal part.
What is a scrape?
This determines the jurisdiction of the scene
What is first harmful event?
If EMS is not present when you arrive, you are responsible for.....
What is making sure EMs is on the way to the scene by contacting dispatch?
The officer or the drivers must complete ____ ____ ______ form at all traffic crashes
What is a drivers exchange of information?
The official records custodian for completed crash reports and is responsible for all applicable records retention requirements.
What is the DHSMV?
Crash privilege is..
What is when they provide information about the crash to law enforcement without worrying that it will be used against them in a criminal case?
You turn on your patrol vehicles emergency lights as...
What is a caution or alert?
Bob was involved in a traffic crash. His ankle is noticeably out of place and he cannot feel it. What classification does his injury belong to?
prima facie evidence
What is sufficient evidence to establish a fact or raise a presumption unless someone disproves or rebuts?
List 8 common errors in traffic reports
What is intersection type or junction type, vehicle towed indicator, first harmful event, motor vehicle in transport, florida drivers license check, posted speed limit, ejection, airbag deployment, time that the scene was cleared, time on scene and time dispatch? page 468
Anti-lock braking system (abs) scuff marks is ...
What is the patterns left by a vehicle with anti-lock brakes when a driver brakes hard?