North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________3. Special motorized devices such as go-carts, midget racers, invalid chairs,snowmobiles, swamp buggies, or similar devices, while in transport under ownpower.Motor Vehicle CrashMotor Vehicle Crash: Any event that results in death, injury or property damageattributable directly to a motor vehicle or its load in transport, but not involving aircraft orwatercraft. It must occur on a trafficway or after the motor vehicle runs off the roadwaybut before events are stabilized.Motor Vehicle Nontraffic Crash: any motor vehicle crash occurring entirely in any placeother than a trafficway.Motor Vehicle Status: the use of the device at the time of the crash is the primarycriterion for establishing motor vehicle status. For example:1. A registered motor vehicle is being drawn by a team of horses on a city street; itis considered other road vehicle.2. A registered motor vehicle is being used to draw a plow engaged in breakingground on a farm; it is considered farm machinery while engaged in plowing.3. A registered truck is engaged in spreading concrete at a road construction site; itis construction machinery.4. A motorized highway grader, under its own power, is moving from one workplace to another on a public way; it is considered a motor vehicle in transport.5. A registered truck, with a blade attached, is engaged in plowing snow from atrafficway; it is considered road maintenance machinery.6. A riding, motorized lawn mower, under its own power, is being driven from onehome to another on a city street; it is considered a motor vehicle in transport.7. A military tank is being moved, under its own power, from the firing range to themotor pool, on a land way of a military post; it is considered a motor vehicle intransport.Motor Home: a van where a frame-mounted recreational unit is added behind the driveror cab area or mounted on a bus/truck chassis.Motorcycle: a two-wheeled motor vehicle having one or more riding saddles, andsometimes a third wheel for the support of a sidecar. The sidecar is considered a part ofthe motorcycle. Included are motorscooters, minibikes, and mopeds.Non-Contact Motor Vehicles or Non-Motorists: are units that caused the crash andremained at the scene. They are counted as units with identifying information, and arereferred to in the narrative.Non-Contact Phantom Motor Vehicles or Non-Motorists: are units that caused the crashbut left the scene. They should not be counted in the number of units, but should bereferred to in the narrative.Nonfatal Injury Crash: any motor vehicle or other road vehicle crash, other than a fatalcrash, that results in injuries, other than fatal, to one or more persons.Non-Intersection Crosswalk: a portion of the roadway, not at an intersection, that isdistinctly indicated for pedestrian crossing by lines or other markings on the surface ofthe roadway.GLOSSARY_____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 79