A 3-minute lesson from the Missouri course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Careful driving lowers your crash risk, but nothing can prevent every crash. Leaving the scene is a crime, even if you hit a parked car. Know the steps, get minor-crash vehicles out of traffic, and know when a report is required.
Traffic crash
When you injure yourself or someone else, or damage property, while driving your vehicle.
"Steer It and Clear It" (the "Move It" law): after a minor crash with no injuries, move your vehicle onto the shoulder or another spot off the roadway.
This applies even if the accident was in a parking lot or a settlement was made. Use a Motor Vehicle Accident Report (Form 1140), and mail or fax it to the Department.
If damage was $500 or less with no injury or death, you may still file if an uninsured motorist was involved. The Department can act only against the uninsured motorist, for not keeping insurance.
Striking a highway worker or emergency responder in a designated construction, work or emergency zone may lead to revocation of your driving privilege.
You bump another car in a parking lot: no injuries, $900 damage, and the other driver has no insurance. You must file an accident report with the Driver License Bureau within 30 days, even though it happened off the street.
Check your understanding
Read the question, decide on an answer, then open it to check the explanation. These are Roadwise study questions based on the source handbook.
When an accident report is required, within how many days must it be filed with the Department?
10 days
30 days
60 days
15 days
Answer: 30 days
State law requires the accident report to be filed within 30 days.