If You Are in a Traffic Crash — New York Driver's License Practice Test
This New York Driver's License If You Are in a Traffic Crash practice set has 22 real questions based on the official handbook, each with an instant explanation. You need 70% on the real New York Driver's License knowledge test to pass.
📖 Topic overview
This chapter covers what a driver must do immediately after a crash: stopping at the scene, exchanging information with everyone involved, moving the vehicle out of traffic if it's safe to do so, and knowing when police or an ambulance must be called.
Frequently tested points include the legal duty to stop at any crash regardless of how minor the damage is, exactly what information must be exchanged (name, address, license number, registration, and insurance information), and the requirement to file a crash report with DMV using Form MV-104 within 10 days when there is a fatality, an injury, or significant property damage.
A common mistake is confusing the rules for moving an injured person — the manual says not to move them unless fire or another life-threatening danger makes it necessary — with general first-aid instinct. Test-takers also sometimes forget that leaving the scene of a crash involving only property damage is a traffic violation, while leaving after a crash with injury or death is a criminal offense, and that a passenger or the vehicle's owner may file the DMV report if the driver is unable to.
What must a driver do at the scene of a crash, no matter how small the damage?
Stop. New York law requires every driver to stop at the scene of a crash regardless of how minor the property damage appears to be.
When must a crash be reported to the DMV, and how?
A crash must be reported using the Report of Motor Vehicle Crash (Form MV-104) if it involves a fatality, a personal injury, or property damage of $1000 or more, and the report must be filed within 10 days.
Should you move someone who was injured in a crash?
Generally no — avoid moving an injured person unless a fire or another life-threatening danger makes moving them necessary, and if you must, keep the back and neck straight.
22 questions in this topic · 22 drawn at random this round
If electrical wires are down at a crash and touching a vehicle, what should you do?
📚 NY Driver's Manual
All questions are based on the official New York State Driver's Manual. Study the relevant section to reinforce your knowledge.
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