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Test Yourself: When is a crash non-preventable?
Challenging a commercial motor vehicle (CMV) crash using DataQs doesn’t always result in the event being removed from a motor carrier’s data. Only those meeting specific criteria will be removed from the Compliance, Safety, Accountability (CSA) Crash Indicator BASIC calculations. The incident must be one in which the driver could not have prevented it from occurring. Test your knowledge on which events qualify under the Crash Preventability Determination Program. Click below to see answers.
- Your driver was stopped at a red light, and a driver rear-ended the CMV.
Preventable Non-preventable - Your driver was traveling straight through an intersection when a car suddenly turned left and was struck by your CMV.
Preventable Non-preventable - Your driver was hit in the side by a passenger vehicle whose driver sustained injuries that were treated at the hospital. While receiving medical treatment, the passenger-vehicle driver was found to have a BAC of .09 and charged with driving under the influence.
Preventable Non-preventable - Your driver had a heart attack, and the CMV winds up in the ditch with disabling damage requiring towing.
Preventable Non-preventable - An elk jumps in front of your large pickup truck and trailer, resulting in a smashed windshield and damaged to the front end of the truck.
Preventable Non-preventable
Test Yourself: When is a crash non-preventable?: Answers
Answers:
- Non-preventable.
- Preventable. Only U-turns or other illegal turns qualify.
- Non-preventable.
- Preventable. Your driver’s medical episode is not a valid reason to remove the crash. Only incidents where the CMV was struck by a driver who experienced a medical issue that contributed to the crash qualify.
- Non-preventable.
