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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Stopping (B)</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 (D)</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 (D)</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 (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Fatal accidents result in death to one or more persons.

<p>True (A)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</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 (A)</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 (B)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Stopping usually destabilizes the accident situation.

<p>False (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>False (B)</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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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