North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________12. Beyond 10 feet of roadway (within trafficway)13. Outside trafficway14. Shared-use path or trailsSequence of Events (Vehicle Level)At the vehicle level, the sequence of events is a list of things that occurred to each particularvehicle involved in a crash. The first harmful event is the first injury or damage producing event,while the most harmful event is the event, which caused the most severe injury or greatestamount of property damage to each vehicle.To aid in recording this important information, similar code values have been maintained forrecording crash type information at both the crash level and the vehicle level. The onlydifference between the two levels is that categories have been expanded at the vehicle level for“non-collision” and “fixed object” crash types, to present a greater number of categories fordescribing sequence of events for each involved vehicle.For sequence of events, up to four (4) harmful events may be recorded for each vehicleinvolved in the crash. If a vehicle experienced only one harmful event in the crash, events 2-4would be marked with a dash (-), not applicable. The most harmful event may or may not beone of the four events.It is important that these separate data elements are captured at both the vehicle and crashlevels. These distinctions are important in classifying and comparing different types of crashes,and in comparing the events which produced specific damage or injury involving a particularvehicle.52. First Harmful Event - Vehicle LevelRecord the first harmful event in a continuous series of events which resulted in damage orpersonal injury. For example, if a vehicle runs off the roadway to the right, returns to theroadway out of control, and runs head-on into another motor vehicle, the First Harmful Eventis coded as “Ran off road, right.” Use the Crash Type codes defined below.0. UnknownSEQUENCENon-Collision1. Ran off Road Right - vehicle runs off right side of the roadway2. Ran off Road Left - vehicle runs off left side of the roadway3. Ran off Road Straight Ahead - vehicle runs through “Y” or “T” intersection.4. Jackknife5. Overturn/Rollover - is any crash in which a motor vehicle in transport overturns for anyreason without antecedent collision.6. Crossed Centerline/Median7. Downhill runaway8. Cargo/Equipment Loss or Shift9. Fire/Explosion10. Immersion11. Equipment Failure (tires, brakes, etc.)12. Separation of Units_____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 51