Instructions to Police for Reporting Crashes

1 STATE OF TEXAS Instructions TO Police FOR Reporting Crashes 2019 EDITION TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION traffic Operations Division CDA CR-100 01/08/2020 Version II This Page Intentionally Left Blank III TABLE OF CONTENTS DOCUMENT INFORMATION .. 11 INTRODUCTION .. 13 TEXAS PEACE OFFICER S CRASH REPORT (FORM CR-3) OVERVIEW .. 14 TEXAS PEACE OFFICER S CRASH REPORT (FORM CR-3) .. 15 CODE SHEET .. 18 MANDATORY DATA FIELD .. 20 CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTOR VEHICLE traffic Crashes .. 21 GENERAL INFORMATION .. 23 FRONT OF BASIC REPORT .. 26 CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIERS .. 26 26 CMV (Commercial Motor Vehicle) .. 26 SCHOOL BUS .. 26 RAILROAD .. 27 MAB (Medical Advisory Board) .. 27 SUPPLEMENT .. 27 ACTIVE SCHOOL ZONE .. 27 TOTAL NUM. OF UNITS .. 28 TOTAL NUM. OF PRSNS.. 28 TxDOT CRASH ID .. 29 PAGE ___ of ___.

2 29 IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION .. 29 *CRASH DATE .. 30 *CRASH TIME .. 30 CASE ID .. 31 LOCAL USE .. 31 *COUNTY NAME .. 31 *CITY NAME .. 31 OUTSIDE CITY 32 IV *$1,000 DAMAGE TO ANY ONE PERSON S PROPERTY? .. 32 LATITUDE AND LONGITUDE .. 32 ROAD ON WHICH CRASH OCCURRED .. 33 *RDWY. SYS. (Roadway System) .. 33 *HWY. NUM. (Highway Number) .. 34 RDWY. PART (Roadway Part) .. 35 BLOCK NUM. (Block Number) .. 36 STREET PREFIX .. 36 *STREET NAME .. 37 STREET SUFFIX .. 37 CRASH OCCURRED ON A PRIVATE DRIVE OR ROAD/PRIVATE PROPERTY/PARKING LOT .. 38 TOLL ROAD/TOLL LANE .. 39 SPEED LIMIT .. 39 CONST. ZONE (Construction Zone) .. 39 WORKERS PRESENT .. 40 STREET DESC. (Street Description) .. 40 INTERSECTING ROAD, OR IF CRASH NOT AT INTERSECTION, NEAREST INTERSECTING ROAD OR REFERENCE MARKER.

3 41 AT INT. (At Intersection) .. 41 RDWY. SYS. (Roadway System) .. 42 HWY. NUM. (Highway Number) .. 43 RDWY. PART (Roadway Part) .. 44 BLOCK NUM. (Block Number) .. 45 STREET PREFIX .. 45 STREET NAME .. 46 STREET SUFFIX .. 46 DISTANCE FROM INT. OR REF. MARKER (Distance from Intersection or Reference Marker) .. 47 FT/MI (Feet or Miles) .. 48 V DIR. FROM INT. OR REF. MARKER (Direction from Intersection or Reference Marker) .. 48 REFERENCE MARKER .. 49 STREET DESC. (Street Description) .. 50 RRX NUM. (Railroad Crossing Number) .. 50 VEHICLE, DRIVER, & PERSONS .. 51 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number) .. 51 UNIT DESC. (Unit Description) .. 51 PARKED VEHICLE .. 54 HIT AND RUN .. 54 LP STATE (License Plate State) .. 55 LP NUM. (License Plate Number) .. 55 VIN (Vehicle Identification Number).

4 56 VEH. YEAR (Vehicle Year) .. 56 VEH. COLOR (Vehicle Color) .. 56 VEH. MAKE (Vehicle Make) .. 57 VEH. MODEL (Vehicle Model) .. 58 BODY STYLE .. 58 POL., FIRE, EMS ON EMERGENCY (Explain in Narrative if checked) .. 59 DL/ID TYPE (Driver License/Identification Type) .. 59 DL/ID STATE (Driver License/Identification Card State) .. 61 DL/ID NUM. (Driver License/Identification Card Number) .. 61 DL CLASS (Driver License Class) .. 62 CDL END. (Commercial Driver License Endorsements) .. 63 DL REST. (Driver License Restrictions) .. 64 DOB (Date of Birth) .. 66 ADDRESS (Street, City, State, and ZIP) .. 67 PERSON NUM. (Person Number) .. 67 PRSN. TYPE (Person Type) .. 67 SEAT POSITION .. 69 VI NAME: LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE (Enter Driver or Primary Person for this Unit on first line) .. 71 INJURY SEVERITY .. 72 AGE.

5 73 ETHNICITY .. 74 74 EJECT .. 75 RESTR. (Restraint Used) .. 76 AIRBAG .. 77 HELMET .. 77 SOL. (Solicitation) .. 78 ALC. SPEC. (Alcohol Specimen Type) .. 79 ALC. RESULT (Alcohol Result) .. 80 DRUG SPEC. (Drug Specimen Type).. 80 DRUG RESULT (Drug Test Result) .. 81 DRUG CATEGORY .. 82 OWNER OR LESSEE .. 83 OWNER/LESSEE NAME AND ADDRESS .. 83 PROOF OF FIN. RESP. (Proof of Financial Responsibility) .. 84 FIN. RESP. TYPE (Financial Responsibility Type) .. 84 FIN. RESP. NAME (Financial Responsibility Name) .. 85 FIN. RESP. NUM. (Financial Responsibility Number) .. 86 FIN. RESP. PHONE NUM. (Financial Responsibility Phone Number) .. 86 VEHICLE DAMAGE RATING .. 86 VEHICLE INVENTORIED .. 89 TOWED BY .. 89 TOWED TO .. 90 BACK OF BASIC REPORT .. 91 REPORT IDENTIFIERS .. 91 CASE ID .. 91 VII TxDOT CRASH ID.

6 91 PAGE ___ of ___ .. 91 DISPOSITION OF INJURED/KILLED .. 91 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number) .. 92 PRSN. NUM. (Person Number) .. 92 TAKEN TO .. 92 TAKEN BY .. 93 DATE OF DEATH .. 94 TIME OF DEATH .. 94 CHARGES .. 95 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number) .. 95 PRSN. NUM. (Person Number) .. 95 CHARGE .. 95 CITATION/REFERENCE NUM. (Citation/Reference Number) .. 96 DAMAGE .. 96 DAMAGED PROPERTY OTHER THAN VEHICLES .. 96 OWNER S NAME .. 97 OWNER S ADDRESS .. 97 CMV .. 98 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number) .. 98 CLASSIFICATION IDENTIFIERS .. 98 CMV DISABLING DAMAGE .. 100 VEH. OPER. (Vehicle Operation) .. 101 CARRIER ID TYPE (Carrier Identification Type) .. 102 CARRIER ID NUM. (Carriers Identification Number) .. 103 CARRIER S CORP. NAME (Carrier s Corporate Name).. 103 CARRIER S PRIMARY ADDR. (Carrier s Primary Address).

7 104 VEH. TYPE (Vehicle Type) .. 104 BUS TYPE .. 108 VIII RGVW/GVWR (Registered Gross Vehicle Weight/Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) .. 109 HAZMAT RELEASED (Hazardous Material Released) .. 110 HAZMAT CLASS NUM. (Hazardous Material Class Number) .. 110 HAZMAT ID NUM. (Hazardous Material Identification Number) .. 111 CARGO BODY TYPE .. 113 TRAILER INFORMATION .. 118 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number).. 118 RGVW/GVWR (Registered Gross Vehicle Weight/Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) .. 118 TRLR. TYPE (Trailer Type) .. 119 CMV DISABLING DAMAGE .. 120 TRAILER INFORMATION .. 121 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number).. 121 RGVW/GVWR (Registered Gross Vehicle Weight/Gross Vehicle Weight Rating) .. 121 TRLR. TYPE (Trailer Type) .. 122 CMV DISABLING DAMAGE .. 123 SEQUENCE OF EVENTS .. 124 INTERMODAL SHIPPING CONTAINER PERMIT.

8 125 ACTUAL GROSS WEIGHT .. 126 Total Num. Axles (Total Number of Axles) .. 127 FACTORS AND CONDITIONS .. 127 CONTRIBUTING FACTORS (Investigator s Opinion) .. 127 UNIT NUM. (Unit Number) .. 128 CONTRIBUTING (Contributing Factors) .. 128 MAY HAVE CNTRB. (May Have Contributed) .. 130 DEFINITIONS OF CONTRIBUTING FACTORS CODE VALUES .. 131 CHOOSING FACTORS .. 138 VEHICLE DEFECTS (Investigator s Opinion) .. 139 CONTRIBUTING (Contributing Factors) .. 140 IX MAY HAVE CNTRB. (May Have Contributed) .. 140 DEFINITIONS OF VEHICLE DEFECTS CODES .. 141 CHOOSING VEHICLE DEFECTS .. 142 ENVIRONMENTAL AND ROADWAY CONDITIONS .. 142 WEATHER COND. (Weather Conditions) .. 142 LIGHT COND. (Light Conditions) .. 143 ENTERING ROADS .. 144 ROADWAY TYPE .. 145 ROADWAY ALIGNMENT .. 147 SURFACE CONDITION .. 147 traffic CONTROL.

9 148 NARRATIVE AND DIAGRAM .. 149 INVESTIGATORS NARRATIVE OPINION OF WHAT HAPPENED .. 150 FIELD DIAGRAM NOT TO SCALE .. 151 INVESTIGATOR .. 152 TIME NOTIFIED- (24 HRMM) .. 152 HOW NOTIFIED .. 152 TIME ARRIVED- (24 HRMM) .. 152 REPORT DATE- (MM/DD/YYY) .. 152 INV. COMP. (Investigation Complete) .. 153 INVESTIGATOR NAME (Printed) .. 153 ID NUM. (Identification Number) .. 154 ORI NUM. (ORI Number) .. 154 *AGENCY .. 154 SERVICE/REGION/DA .. 155 SUPPLEMENT REPORTS .. 156 TERMS, DEFINITIONS, AND LEGAL REFERENCES .. 157 ADDITONAL REFERENCES .. 161 REVOKED OR SUSPENDED DRIVER LICENSE .. 161 DRUG CATEGORIES .. 163 X STATE AND COUNTRY ABBREVIATIONS .. 164 COUNTIES IN TEXAS .. 165 IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION: .. 166 11 DOCUMENT INFORMATION Date Version Author(s) Section(s) Update(s) 1/1/2015 R.

10 Holt All Revised CR-100, Instructions to Police for Reporting Crashes 2013 Edition, for update to CR-3 form and CR-3 Code Sheet in 2015. Conditional rules updated. 2/11/2015 R. Holt Edit Tips 3/26/2015 R. Holt , , , , , All Correct illustration Clarify trailers not attached to power unit Update business rules 1/1/2016 R. Holt , , , , , , , , , , , , Correct illustration Business rules related to release Correct tip Driver License Restriction restored P = Stated on License Repair dead hyperlink Remove statement Clarification added Business rules related to release 4/15/2016 R. Holt Correct definition of non-contact vehicle 6/1/2016 R. Holt , , Changed reference to retention schedule Business rules related to release 8/1/2016 R. Holt Clarified to any one person s property 11/15/2016 R. Holt Improved table 1/1/2017 R.