North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________Dark - Roadway Not LightedDark – Roadway Not Lighted: it is dark and the roadway is not lighted by lights designedand installed to illuminate the roadway.Dark – Lighted Roadway: it is dark but the roadway is lighted by lights designed andinstalled to illuminate the roadway. This is not lighting from store fronts, house lamps,etc.Dart Out: pedestrian enters the street mid-block and is struck by or walks or runs into amoving vehicle.Date of Birth: month, day, and year of birth of person involved in the crash.Date and Time Crash Reported to Police Agency: the date and time at which the callwas placed notifying the police agency about the crash.Dawn: the first appearance of light in the morning.Debris: the remains of something broken or destroyed.Deliberate Intent: suicide, homicide and other harmful events under human control.Derived Data Elements: derived data elements are not collected at the scene by thepolice. Instead they are obtained by counting or recoding information contained inexisting data elements that have already been collected and computerized.Direction of Travel Before Crash: the direction of a vehicle’s normal, general travel onthe roadway before the crash. Notice that this is not a compass direction but a directionconsistent with the overall direction of the road.Disabling Damage: damage which precludes departure of the vehicle from the scene ofthe crash in its usual operating manner after simple repairs.Disregarded Traffic Signs, Signals, Road Markings, or Officer: driver or non-motoristfailed to comply with the instructions directed by traffic signs, signals, road markings, ora police officer at the scene.Ditch: an open channel dug into the ground, usually paralleling the highwayembankment and within the limits of the highway right-of-way.Downhill Runaway: a motor vehicle that is moving down a hill without the ability to stop.Driver: an occupant who is in actual physical control of a transport vehicle or, for an outof-controlvehicle, an occupant who was in control until control was lost.Driver Condition: state of being or health or physical fitness of the occupant who is inactual physical control of a transport vehicle at the time of the crash._____________________________________________________________________________________________Page 74North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual