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DOT-recordable accidents: Answers

Answers:

  1. Recordable. FMCSA defines a DOT-recordable accident as any incident that results in any vehicle involved being towed from the scene due to disabling damage.
  2. Not recordable. The dollar loss is not a factor in the decision. For the accident to be DOT-recordable, the vehicle would have had to have been towed from the scene due to disabling damage. NOTE: Dollar value is considered in most state laws when it comes to notifying the police of the accident.
  3. Recordable. Fault has no bearing on whether an accident must be on your accident register.
  4. Not recordable. For an accident to be recordable, the vehicle must have been towed from the scene due to disabling damage.
  5. Not recordable. For an injury to make an accident recordable, the injured person must have been taken for immediate medical care away from the scene.