Crash Fatality Reporting: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 16:19, 18 September 2024

FLHSMV must be notified within 24 hours of any traffic crash fatality or any serious bodily injury (SBI) crash where a blood sample was drawn from any driver.

Per federal guidelines, reportable motor vehicle traffic fatality must meet the following criteria for Injury Severity (5) - Fatal (within 30 days):

1. The death must occur within 30 days (720 hours) of the motor vehicle crash.

2. The death must be a direct cause of the crash and not the result of natural causes, heart attack, suicide, homicide, or overdose.

3. The death must occur on a public roadway.

If there is a death and this criteria is not met, Injury Severity (6) - Non-traffic fatality should be used.

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-Per [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?mode=View%20Statutes&SubMenu=1&App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=fatality&URL=0300-0399/0322/Sections/0322.27.html FSS 322.27], FLSHMV must be notified within 24 hours of any traffic fatality or when the agency initiates action requiring a blood test for impariment or intoxicatin resulting in serious bodily injury (SBI) or fatality pursuant to [http://www.leg.state.fl.us/statutes/index.cfm?App_mode=Display_Statute&Search_String=fatality&URL=0300-0399/0316/Sections/0316.1933.htmlFSS 316.1933].
+FLHSMV must be notified within 24 hours of any traffic crash fatality or any serious bodily injury (SBI) crash where a blood sample was drawn from any driver.
+Per federal guidelines, reportable motor vehicle traffic fatality must meet the following criteria for Injury Severity (5) - Fatal (within 30 days):
+:1. The death must occur <u>within 30 days</u> (720 hours) of the motor vehicle crash.
+:2. The death must be a direct cause of the crash and not the result of natural causes, heart attack, suicide, homicide, or overdose.
+:3. The death must occur on a <u>public roadway</u>.
+If there is a death and this criteria is not met, Injury Severity (6) - Non-traffic fatality should be used.