North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________GENERAL INSTRUCTIONSThe Crash Report Form DMV-349 is to be used by all law enforcement officers to report motorvehicle crashes in North Carolina.GENERALA reportable motor vehicle traffic crash must meet at least one of the following criteria:1. The crash resulted in a fatality, or2. The crash resulted in a non-fatal personal injury, or3. The crash resulted in total property damage amounting to $1,000.00 or more, or4. The crash resulted in property damage of any amount to a vehicle seized.In addition, a reportable motor vehicle traffic crash must occur on a trafficway (any land wayopen to the public as a matter of right or custom for moving persons or property from one placeto another) or occur after the motor vehicle runs off the roadway but before events arestabilized. The terms collision, accident, and crash are synonymous when describing a motorvehicle crash.After the investigation of the crash is completed, North Carolina General Statute 20-166.1requires that the investigating agency submit the report to the Division within 10 days.The Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) requests that:1. The DMV-349 should be typewritten or if handwritten the officer should use black ink.2. The report should be legible. This is of the utmost importance for clarity, when reportsare microfilmed or imaged.3. The original should be submitted to DMV Traffic Records Section at:Traffic Records SectionNorth Carolina Division of Motor VehiclesLocation: 1100 New Bern Avenue Mailing Address: 3105 Mail Service CenterRaleigh, NC 27697-0001 Raleigh, NC 27699-3105In the event that you have specific questions about coding, please contact the Crash ReportsUnit Supervisor or Help Desk at (919) 861-3084Additional forms or instruction books may be ordered by completing the DMV-349 Requisitionform and faxing to (919) 715-9099 or mailing the form to the Traffic Records Section.When an officer submits a North Carolina Crash Report Form DMV-349 to the DMV, he or sheprovides valuable data to many different groups of people working to make North Carolinastreets and highways safer. Some users of the data may include the county engineer planningto resurface a road, the city consultant developing safe school routes, the high school drivereducation teacher planning a curriculum, or the public works director applying for a state grantfor reconstructing a hazardous intersection. It is important that officers are also aware of someof the state level uses of this data, such as enforcement of North Carolina’s financialresponsibility law by the DMV._____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 1