Classification of Motor Vehicle Traffic Accidents by Key Event
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Which event involves the greatest collapse or overlap in a collision?

  • Disengagement
  • Start of evasive action
  • Maximum engagement (correct)
  • Perception of hazard
  • What is the first action taken by a traffic unit to escape from a collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard?

  • Initial contact
  • Perception of hazard
  • Start of evasive action (correct)
  • Stopping
  • When does the separation of a traffic unit in motion from an object with which it has collided occur?

  • Disengagement (correct)
  • Maximum engagement
  • Injury
  • Initial contact
  • Which event is defined as receiving bodily harm, not necessarily occurring after the accident but within any of the chain of events?

    <p>Injury</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is defined as the usual or unexpected movement or condition that could be taken as a sign of an accident about to happen?

    <p>Perception of hazard</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When does the traffic unit involved come to rest, usually stabilizing the accident situation?

    <p>Stopping</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which classification of motor vehicle traffic accident is characterized by a motor vehicle falling on the road or on a cliff along mountainous roads?

    <p>Running off Road</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which classification of motor vehicle traffic accident does not involve any collision but may involve the vehicle swerving or skidding?

    <p>Non-collision on Road</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which classification of motor vehicle traffic accident includes all forms of accident as long as there is a collision with other objects or individuals?

    <p>Collision on Road</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which classification of accident results in injuries other than fatal to one or more persons, ranging from less serious to serious injuries?

    <p>Non-Fatal Injury Accident</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Running off Road is usually characterized by a motor vehicle falling on the road or on a cliff along mountainous roads.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Non-collision on Road involves a collision with other objects or individuals.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Property Damage Accident always results in injuries to one or more persons.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Fatal accidents result in death to one or more persons.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Collision on Road includes all forms of accident as long as there is a collision with other objects or individuals.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Non-Fatal Injury Accident only results in slight damages to properties.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Perception of hazard refers to the understanding of the usual or unexpected movement or condition that could be taken as a sign of an accident about to happen.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Initial contact is the separation of a traffic unit in motion from an object with which it has collided.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Maximum engagement is the force between the traffic unit and the object collided with at its greatest collapse or overlap.

    <p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Stopping usually destabilizes the accident situation.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Injury necessarily occurs after the accident within the chain of events.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Disengagement is the first action taken by a traffic unit to escape from a collision course or otherwise avoid a hazard.

    <p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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