North Carolina Crash Report Instruction Manual - NHTSA

_____________________________________________________________________________________________PedalcyclePedalcycle: a vehicle operated solely by pedals, and propelled by human power.Includes:Excludes:Bicycle (any size, with two wheels in tandem)TricycleUnicycleSidecar or trailer attached to any of the above devicesThese devices when towed by a motor vehicle, including hitching.Pedestrian: any person not in or upon a motor vehicle or other road vehicle.Includes:Excludes:Person afoot, sitting, lying, or working upon a land way or place.Person in or operating a pedestrian conveyance.Person boarding or alighting from another conveyance, exceptpedestrian conveyance.Person jumping or falling from a motor vehicle in transport.Person: a person is any living human. Within the context of the ANSI D16.1Classification Manual, a fetus is considered to be part of a pregnant woman rather thana separate individual. After death, a human body is not considered to be a person.Physical Impairment: a condition that results in some decrease in a physical ability.Point of Impact: the portion of the vehicle that impacted first in a crash.Pole Trailer: a trailer designed to be attached to the towing vehicle by means of a reachor pole, or by being boomed or otherwise secured to the towing road vehicle, andordinarily used for carrying property of a long or irregular shape.Private Road or Driveway: includes every road or driveway not open for the use of thepublic as a matter of right or custom for the purpose of vehicular traffic.Property: is any physical object other than a person.Includes:Real property, personal property, animals (wild or domestic), signs, guardrails, impact attenuators, and others.Property Damage Only: Crash in which at least one vehicle is damaged or other propertydamage occurs but no occupants or non-motorists are injured.Public Vehicular Area: includes any area that is generally open to and used by the publicfor vehicular traffic, including by way of illustration and not limitation any drive, driveway,road, roadway, street, alley, or parking lot upon the grounds and premises of:a. Any public or private hospital, college, university, school, orphanage, church,or any of the institutions, parks or other facilities maintained and supported bythe state of North Carolina or any of its subdivisions; orb. Any service station, drive-in theater, supermarket, store, restaurant, or officebuilding, or any other business, residential, or municipal establishmentproviding parking space for customers, patrons, or the public._____________________________________________________________________________________________North Carolina DMV-349 Crash Report Instruction Manual Page 81GLOSSARY