North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________Includes: Railway train, with or without cars.Motorized railway device.Railway device, such as cars, set in motion by a railway train or railway vehicle.Excludes: Devices operated upon railway rails by human power.Nonmotorized devices not set in motion by a railway train or railway vehicle.Collisions in which a railway train was involved in a railway transport collision prior toinvolvement with the motor vehicle, such as derailment, or throwing some part, otherroad vehicle, animal, or pedestrian against a motor vehicle.General: Motion of the motor vehicle is immaterial; it can be in motion or stopped in thepath of the railway train.Motion of the railway train is immaterial; it can be stopped in the path of the motorvehicle or in motion.Whether the motor vehicle or the railway train does the actual striking is immaterial.17. Animal - is any collision involving a motor vehicle in transport and an animal, herded orunattended.Includes: Domestic and wild animals, flying animals, such as birds and bats.Excludes: Ridden animals, animal drawing a conveyance.General: Injury to wild animals, such as birds and rabbits, is excluded if there is no injuryto any person or damage to the motor vehicle. Injury to domestic animals is treated asproperty damage, if there is no injury to any person or damage to the motor vehicle.18. Movable Object* - is any collision involving a motor vehicle in transport and any otherobject which is movable or moving, but not fixed.Includes: Animal-drawn vehicle (any type)Animal carrying a personStreet carObjects dropped from motor vehicle or other vehicles but not in motionObjects set in motion by other motor vehiclesSpecial devices not considered in transport or as fixed objectsFallen tree or stoneLandslide or avalanche materials, not in motionPedalcycle not in transportRailway devices moved by human powerNonmotorized devices not set in motion by railway train or railway vehicleSEQUENCEExcludes: Objects set in motion by air craft, watercraft, or railway.Objects set in motion by cataclysm, lightning, or other natural and environmental factors._____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 53