North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________CloudyCloudy: overcast with clouds (cloud – a visible mass of particles of water or ice in theform of fog, mist, or haze suspended usually at a considerable height in the air).Collision: a road vehicle crash other than an overturning crash in which the first harmfulevent is a collision of a road vehicle in transport with another road vehicle, otherproperty, animal or pedestrian.Collision With Object Not Fixed: a collision crash in which the first harmful event is thestriking by a road vehicle in transport of an object that is not fixed.Collision With Fixed Object: a collision crash in which the first harmful event is thestriking of a fixed object by a road vehicle in transport.Commercial Sign: a sign placed by an area business as a means of advertising. Logosigns (advertising upcoming businesses along the roadway) placed by the State DOTare not commercial signs.Concrete Mixer: a single-unit truck with a body specifically designed to mix or agitateconcrete.Construction Barrier: a traffic barrier designed to protect traffic from entering work areas,provide protection for workers, separate two-way traffic, protect construction, andseparate pedestrian and vehicular traffic.Contributing Circumstances: the actions of the driver or non-motorist, and/or theapparent condition of the road which contributed to the crash.Crash Cushion: a barrier at a spot location designed to prevent an errant vehicle fromimpacting a fixed object hazard by gradually decelerating the vehicle to a safe stop or byredirecting the vehicle away from the hazard.Crash Date and Time: the date (month, day, and year) and time (hour and minute) atwhich the crash occurred.Crash City/Place: the city/place in which the crash occurred.Crash Severity: the severity of a crash based on the most severe injury to any person or,if none injured, so designating.Crash Roadway Location: exact location on the roadway indicating where the crashoccurred.Crossover: area in the median of a divided roadway where vehicles are permitted totravel cross the opposing lanes of traffic or do a U-turn.Culvert: an enclosed structure providing free passage of water under a roadway with aclear opening of twenty feet (6 m) or less measured along the center of the roadway.Curb: a raised edge or border to a roadway. Curbs may be constructed of concrete.Asphalt, or wood and typically have a face height of less than 9 inches (225 mm).GLOSSARY_____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 73