Roadwise States Nebraska Driving lessons If you're in a crash Nebraska driving lesson · Sharing the Road & Crashes
If you're in a crash A 3-minute lesson from the Nebraska course. Read the rules and examples, follow the handbook page references, and check your understanding before you move on.
Read time 3 minutes
Course unit Sharing the Road & Crashes
Checkpoint questions 4
Source pages 27, 59, 81 Stay calm after a crash. Nebraska law spells out what you must do at the scene, what information to exchange, and when you must file a report.
At the scene: Stop at the scene or as close to it as possible Help the injured if aid is needed or requested, and notify emergency authorities Use flares, reflectors or flashlights to warn traffic from all directions Get the names and addresses of witnesses Don't leave until released by the proper authorities Handbook p. 81 ↗ Exchange with the other drivers: Name, address and telephone number License plate number Driver's license number Insurance information Make, model and year of vehicle Handbook p. 81 ↗ Know the rule
If you hit an unattended vehicle, contact the proper authorities and leave that written information where the owner can find it.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ Know the rule
After a minor interstate or freeway crash with no injuries and drivable vehicles, move the vehicles to the nearest shoulder, out of the travel lanes.
Handbook p. 59 ↗ 10 days Deadline to send a Driver's Motor Vehicle Crash Report to the Department of Transportation
Handbook p. 81 ↗ A crash report is required when: Any person is injured or killed, OR Damage to any one person's vehicle or property apparently equals or exceeds $1,500 Handbook p. 81 ↗ Know the rule
If a law enforcement officer investigated the crash, the officer submits the report. Otherwise, use NDOT Form 41 (October 2020), available from law enforcement or online.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ Know the rule
Failing to report a crash as required is a Class II or III misdemeanor, and your license or privilege to drive may be revoked.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ 6 points Leaving the scene of a crash, failing to report it, or failing to render aid
Handbook p. 27 ↗ Put it into practice
You back into a parked car and the owner isn't around. Contact the proper authorities and leave a note where the owner will find it, with your name, address, phone, plate number, license number, insurance, and your vehicle's make, model and year.
A useful reminder Injury, death, or $1,500 in damage: report within 10 days, unless police investigated.
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.
A Driver's Motor Vehicle Crash Report must be submitted within how many days if required? Three days Thirty days Sixty days Ten days Answer: Ten days
A required crash report must be submitted within ten days.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ A crash report is required when property damage to any one vehicle or piece of property equals or exceeds: $1,500 $500 $1,000 $5,000 Answer: $1,500
Reporting is required at $1,500 or more in damage to any one vehicle/property.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ Failure to report a crash as required is unlawful and may result in: A $25 fine plus court costs A Class II or III misdemeanor and possible license revocation A 30-day license impoundment Loss of vehicle registration only Answer: A Class II or III misdemeanor and possible license revocation
Failing to report can mean a Class II or III misdemeanor and possible revocation.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ If a law enforcement officer investigates the crash, they will submit the required crash report instead of the driver. True False Answer: True
When police investigate, they submit the crash report instead of the driver.
Handbook p. 81 ↗ Previous lesson Large trucks and buses More in Sharing the Road & Crashes About the source Roadwise’s Nebraska course uses the driver handbook edition supplied with this study pack. This lesson cites source pages 27, 59, 81. The linked PDF is a third-party mirror of the handbook, rather than a government-hosted page.
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