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The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Crash Operator Report, more commonly known as the Ma Vehicle Accident Report form, serves as a critical document for drivers involved in a crash within the state. Mandated under M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 26, it requires operators (or vehicle owners, if the operator is incapacitated) to file a detailed report of the accident if it results in any person's injury or death, or if there is property damage exceeding $1,000, within five days. Understanding when and how to complete this form is essential for compliance with Massachusetts law and for the efficient handling of any subsequent claims or legal matters.

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Understanding the intricacies of navigating post-vehicle accident procedures is crucial, and central to this task in Massachusetts is completing the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Motor Vehicle Crash Operator Report. Legislated under M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 26, this form is an essential document for anyone involved in vehicular accidents that result in injury, death, or substantial property damage exceeding $1,000. It serves as a comprehensive record, detailing the accident's circumstances, including the location, parties involved, vehicle information, and a description of the crash. This report must be filed with the Registrar within five days of the incident, unless physical incapacity prevents this, and copies must also be sent to the local police department and insurance company. The form is meticulously constructed to ensure a thorough account of the crash is recorded, asking for specific information ranging from personal details of those involved to the environmental conditions at the time of the accident. Completing it accurately is not just a legal requirement but is vital for any subsequent insurance claims or legal actions. Moreover, failing to comply with this mandate can result in severe penalties, including the suspension of driving privileges. Therefore, understanding how to accurately fill out this form is not only critical for legal compliance but also for safeguarding one's rights and interests after a vehicle accident.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Motor Vehicle Crash Operator Report

When should I complete a Crash Report?

M.G.L. Chapter 90, Section 26 requires a person who was operating a motor vehicle involved in a crash in which (i) any person was killed or (ii) injured or (iii) in which there was damage in excess of $1,000 to any one vehicle or other property, to complete and file a Crash Operator Report with the Registrar within five (5) days after such crash (unless the person is physically incapable of doing so due to incapacity). The person completing the report must also send a copy of the report to the police department having jurisdiction on the way where the crash occurred. If the operator is incapacitated but is not the vehicle’s owner, the owner is required to file the crash report within the five (5) days based on his/her knowledge and information obtained about the crash. The Registrar may require the owner or operator to supplement the report and he/ she can revoke or suspend the license of any person violating any provision of this legal requirement. A police department is required to accept a report filed by an owner or operator whose vehicle has been damaged in a crash in which another person unlawfully left the scene even if damage to the vehicle does not exceed $1,000.

How To Complete This Form

Please carefully complete all sections of this form that apply to your crash, circling the answer where appropriate. Illegible reports will be returned to you.

Section A: Crash Location

•Provide the city/town where the crash occurred, the date and time of the crash, and the number of vehicles involved.

•Complete section A1 or A2.

•Use official names of all locations, streets and landmarks.

•Use street name and route #, if applicable.

•Be as precise as possible when describing the location.

•Provide enough information to locate the crash to a specific point, not just a street or roadway.

Section B: Vehicle Yon Were Driving

•Provide information on your license and the vehicle you were driving.

•Use the codes provided to indicate the cause of the crash.

Section C: You and Your Passengers

•Provide information on you and your passengers at the time of the crash.

•Use the codes provided to indicate occupant information.

Section D: Other Vehicles Involved in the Crash

•Provide information on the other vehicle(s) and operator(s) involved in the crash.

•If more than one vehicle involved, please use additional form completing Section D only.

Section E: Non-Motorist(s) Involved

•Provide information on the non-motorist(s) involved in the crash.

•If more than one non-motorist involved, please use additional form completing Section E only.

Section F: Crash Conditions

•Use the codes provided to indicate the conditions at the time of the crash.

Section G: Crash Diagram

•Draw a diagram of how the crash occurred.

•On the diagram, Vehicle 1 represents your vehicle.

Section H: Witness Information

•List all the people who saw the crash but were not involved.

Section I: Property Damage Information

•Indicate all non-vehicular property that was damaged in the crash.

Section J: Description of What Happened

•Describe the crash including events prior to the crash for your vehicles and all other vehicles.

Section K: Signature

•Please sign and print your name and indicate the date you completed the form.

Where to send completed reports:

Mail or deliver one copy to the local police department or state police in the city or town where the crash occurred.

Mail one copy to your Insurance Company.

Mail one copy to the RMV at the following address:

Registry of Motor Vehicles Crash Records

P.O. Box 55889 Boston, MA 02205-5889

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A. Crash Location

A1. City/Town Where Crash Occurred

A2. Date of Crash

A3. Time of Crash

A4. # Vehicles Involved:

Please complete Section A1 or A2 below to indicate the location of the crash. If you need

A5. Did the crash occur at an

Yes

additional space to describe the crash location, please use Section J on the last page of this form.

intersection of two or more streets?

If Yes.

Step 1. Please indicate the route or roadway where

If No.

Step 1. Please

indicate the route, roadway and address where the

you were travelling when the crash occurred:

crash occurred:

at Street or Address Number:

The crash occurred on Route #:

on the Street/Roadway known as

Route#

Name of Roadway/Street

Step 2. What was the name (or names) of the intersecting streets?

Step 2. Please provide as much of the following specific location information as possible:

The crash occurred

(indicate direction as N/S/E/W)

(estimate number of feet)

of:

a) Mile Marker number

OR: b) Exit Number

Route#

Name of Roadway/Street

OR: c) Intersecting

Route# Name of

Street/Roadway

Roadway/Street

Route#

Name of Roadway/Street

OR: d) Landmark

B. Vehicle You Were Driving

B1. Number of occupants in vehicle (including yourself):

B2. Was vehicle damage above $1000?

Yes

B3. Driver’s License Number

B4. License State

B5. DOB

B6. Age

B7. Sex

B8. License Class

Unknown

B9. Commercial Driver’s License Endorsements		P (Passenger transport)	T (Doubles/Triples)
H (Hazardous)	X (Tank and Hazardous)	N (Tank vehicles)	S School Bus
B11. Your Full Name (Last, First, Middle)		B12. Street Address	City

B10. Vehicle Travel Direction

N	S	E	W
State			Zip Code

B13. Insurance Company

B14. Vehicle Registration #

B15. Reg. Type

B16. Reg. State

B17. Vehicle Year

B18. Vehicle Make

B19. Indicate your type of vehicle		4	Bus (16 or more passengers)		9 Truck tractor (bobtail)
1	Passenger car	5	Bus (9-15 passengers)		10 Tractor/semi-trailer
2	Light truck (van, mini-van,
		6	Single-unit truck (2 axles)		11 Tractor/doubles
pick-up, sport utility)
		7	Single-unit truck (3 or more axles)		12 Tractor/triples
3	Motorcycle
		8 Truck/trailer			13 Unknown heavy truck

B20. Full Name of Vehicle Owner (Last, First, Middle)				B21. Street Address		City

14 Motor home/ recreational vehicle

15 Moped

16 Low Speed

Vehicle

State

17 All terrain vehicle( ATV)

18Snowmobile

97Other

99Unknown

Zip Code

B22. What Was Your Vehicle Doing Prior to the Crash?			5 Changing lanes			8	Making U-turn		11 Parked
1 Travelling straight ahead	3	Turning right	6	Entering traffic lane		9	Overtaking/passing		97 Other
2 Slowing or stopped	4	Turning left
			7	Leaving traffic lane		10 Backing			99 Unknown


B23. Please Indicate the Sequence of Events as they occurred to YOUR Vehicle					What happened first?	Second?		Third?	Fourth?
by writing the corresponding number (1-52, or 97, 99) in up to 4 boxes below.

Collision with	9	Railway vehicle	25	Median barrier	32 Crash cushion/
1 Motor vehicle in traffic	jh	(train, engine)	26	Ditch	jh Impact attenuator
2 Parked motor vehicle	10	Other movable object			33 Bridge
			27	Embankment/
3 Pedestrian	11	Unknown movable	jh	Sloping shoulder	34 Bridge overhead
4 Cyclist	jh	object	28	Highway traffic	jh structure
	20	Curb			35 Other fixed
5 Animal- deer			jh signpost
	21	Tree	29	Overhead sign	jh object (wall,
6 Animal- other					jh building, tunnel)
	22	Utility pole	jh	support
7 Moped			30	Fence	36 Unknown fixed
	23	Light pole or other
8 Work zone			31	Mailbox	object
	jh	post/support
maintenance	24	Guardrail
equipment

Non-Collision

40 Ran off road right

41 Ran off road left

42 Cross median/ jh centerline

43Overturn/rollover

44Equipment failure jh (blown tire, brakes, jh etc)

45Fire/explosion

46Immersion

47Jackknife

48Cargo/equipment loss jh or shift

49Separation of units

50Downhill runaway

51Other non-collision

52Unknown non-collision

97Other

99Unknown

B24. Was your
Vehicle Towed	Yes	No
from the Scene	Yes	No
from the Scene
Due to Damage?

B25. Vehicle Damaged Area (check up to three)		2	3	4
B25. Vehicle Damaged Area (check up to three)
0 None	97 Other	1	9	5
10 Undercarriage	99 Unknown	1	9	5
10 Undercarriage	99 Unknown
11 Totaled		8	7	6
		8	7	6

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C. You and Your Passengers	Please provide the full name, address, and DOB or Age for all passengers in your vehicle. Then write the
C. You and Your Passengers	corresponding code in each of the boxes for each occupant of the vehicle (yourself and all passengers). A
	list of the possible codes is provided at the bottom of this section.

C1. Passenger 1 (Last, First, Middle)

C2. Address

City

State

Zip Code

C3. DOB

C4. Sex

C5. Passenger 2 (Last, First, Middle)

C6. Address

City

State

Zip Code

C7. DOB

C8. Sex

C9. Passenger 3 (Last, First, Middle)

C10. Address

City

State

Zip Code

C11. DOB

C12. Sex

Seating

Safety

Air Bag

Ejected

Transported

Name of Medical

System

From

for Medical

Position

Used

Status

Vehicle?

Trapped?

Injured?

Care?

Facility

Driver

Passenger 1

Passenger 2

Passenger 3

Seating Position
1	Front seat - left side (or	8	Third row - middle
	motorcycle driver)	9	Third row - right side
2	Front seat - middle
		10	Sleeper section of cab
3	Front seat - right side
		11	Enclosed passenger area
4	Second seat - left side (or
		12	Unenclosed passenger area
	motorcycle passenger)
5	Second seat - middle	13	Trailing unit
		14	Riding on vehicle exterior
6	Second seat - right side
		97	Other
7	Third row - left side (or

Safety System Used

0None used

1Shoulder and lap belt

2Lap belt only

3Shoulder belt only

4Child safety seat

5Helmet

97Unknown

Air Bag Status

1Deployed-front

2Deployed-side

3Deployed both front and side

4Not deployed

5Not applicable

97Unknown

	motorcycle passenger)				99 Unknown
Ejected From Vehicle?				Trapped?
0	Not ejected	3	Not	0	Not trapped	2 Freed by
1	Totally ejected	k applicable		1	Freed by	k non-mechanical
		97				d means
2	Partially ejected		Unknown		mechanical
						97 Unknown
					means

Injured?		Transported for Medical Care?
1	Fatal	1	Not transported	3	Police
7	Suspected serious injury	2	EMS	97	Other
8	Suspected minor injury	2	EMS	97	Other
8	Suspected minor injury		(emergency	99	Unknown
9	Possible Injury		service)	99	Unknown
10	No apparent injury

D. Other Vehicle(s) Involved in the Crash

D1. Number of occupants

D2. Number of

D3. Was Vehicle

Yes

D4. Moped?

D5. Hit and Run?

in the Vehicle:

injured occupants

Damage above $1000?

Yes

D6. Driver’s License Number

D7. License State

D8. DOB

D9. Age

D10. Sex

D11. License Class

Unknown

D12. Commercial Driver’s License Endorsements

P (Passenger transport)

T (Doubles/Triples)

D13. Vehicle Travel Direction

H (Hazardous)

X (Tank and Hazardous)

N (Tank vehicles)

S School Bus

D14. Name of Vehicle Driver (Last, First, Middle)

D15. Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

D16. Insurance Company

D17. Vehicle Registration #

D18. Reg. Type

D19. Reg. State

D20. Vehicle Year

D21. Vehicle Make

D22. Indicate your type of vehicle

4 Bus (16 or more passengers)

9 Truck tractor (bobtail)

14 Motor home/

17 All terrain

1 Passenger car

5 Bus (9-15 passengers)

10 Tractor/semi-trailer

recreational vehicle

vehicle( ATV)

2 Light truck (van, mini-van,

15 Moped

18 Snowmobile

6 Single-unit truck (2 axles)

11 Tractor/doubles

pick-up, sport utility)

16 Low Speed

97 Other

7 Single-unit truck (3 or more axles)

12 Tractor/triples

3 Motorcycle

Vehicle

99 Unknown

8 Truck/trailer

13 Unknown heavy truck

D23. Full Name of Vehicle Owner (Last, First, Middle)

D24. Street Address

City

State

Zip Code

D25. What Was Your Vehicle Doing Prior to the Crash?

D26. Vehicle Damaged Area (check up to three)

0 None

1 Travelling straight

5 Changing lanes

9 Overtaking/passing

10 Undercarriage

ahead

6 Entering traffic lane

10 Backing

2 Slowing or stopped

11 Totaled

7 Leaving traffic lane

11 Parked

3 Turning right

97 Other

8 Making U-turn

97 Other

4 Turning left

99 Unknown

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E. Non-Motorist(s) Involved in the Crash

E1. Indicate the type of non-motorist involved

1 Pedestrian

2 Cyclist

3 Skater

97 Other

99 Unknown

E2. What was the non-motorist doing prior to the crash?

E3. Where was the non-motorist prior to the crash?

1 Entering or crossing

Pushing vehicle

97 Other

1 Marked crosswalk

In roadway

Shoulder

location

Approaching or

99 Unknown

at intersection

Not in roadway

Sidewalk

2 Walking, running, or

2 At intersection but

leaving vehicle

Median (but not on

Shared-use

cycling

Working on vehicle

no crosswalk

shoulder)

path or trails

3 Working

3 Non-intersection

7 Standing

Island

Unknown

crosswalk

E4. Full Name of Non-Motorist (Last, First, Middle)

E5. Street Address

City

State Zip Code

E6. DOB

E7. Sex

E8. Safety Equipment?

Reflective clothing

E9. Injured?

Suspected

10 No

E10. Transported for Medical Care?

0 None used

Lighting

1 Fatal

1 Not transported

Police

6 Helmet

7 Suspected

minor injury

apparent

2 EMS (emergency

97 Other

Other

Possible

injury

7 Protective pads

serious

service)

99 Unknown

Unknown

injury

Injury

(elbows, knees, etc.)

E11. If transported, please indicate Hospital/Medical Facility:

F. Crash Conditions

F1. Light Conditions	97Other
1 Daylight	97Other
2 Dawn	99Unknown
3 Dusk
4 Dark - lighted
roadway

5 Dark - roadway not lighted

6 Dark - unknown roadway lighting

F2. Weather Conditions (up to two)

	1 Clear	7 Severe
	2 Cloudy	crosswinds
	2 Cloudy	8 Blowing
	3 Rain	8 Blowing
	3 Rain	sand, snow
	4 Snow	sand, snow
	4 Snow	97 Other
	5 Sleet, hail,	97 Other
	5 Sleet, hail,	99 Unknown
	freezing	99 Unknown
	freezing
	rain
	6 Fog, smog,
	smoke

F3. Traffic Control Device

1 No controls

2 Stop signs

3 Traffic control signal

4 Flashing traffic control signal

5 Yield signs

6 School zone signs

7 Warning signs

8 Railroad crossing device

99 Unknown

F4. Road Surface

1 Dry

2 Wet

3 Snow

4 Ice

5 Sand, mud, dirt, oil, gravel

6 Water (standing, moving)

7 Slush

97 Other

99 Unknown

F5. Trafficway Description

F6. Manner of Collision

6 Head on

F7. Roadway Intersection Type

1 Two-way, not divided

1 Single vehicle crash

1 Not at intersection

7 Traffic circle

2 Two-way, divided, unprotected median

2 Rear-end

7 Rear to rear

2 Four-way intersection

8 Five-point or more

3 Two-way, divided, protected median

3 Angle

99 Unknown

3 T-intersection

9 Driveway

4 One-way, not divided

4 Sideswipe, same

4 Y-intersection

10 Railway grade

99 Unknown

direction

5 On ramp

crossing

5 Sideswipe, opposite

99 Unknown

6 Off ramp

direction

F8. Was the traffic control device

Yes

F9. School Bus Related?

Yes

F10. Work Zone Related?

Yes

functioning at the time of the crash?

G. Crash Diagram

Indicate

North by

Arrow

Please draw a diagram of the

roadway or streets where the

crash occurred, indicating the

vehicles involved and direction of

travel using the following symbols:

Direction

= Vehicle 1 (Your Vehicle)

= Vehicle 2

= Pedestrian/Non-motorist

= North

Select one of the following if the

crash did not occur on a public

way:

Off-street parking lot

Garage

Mall/shopping center

Other private way

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H. Witness Information

H1. Witness Name (Last, First, Middle)	H2. Street Address	City	State	Zip Code	H3. Phone
H4. Witness Name (Last, First, Middle)	H5. Street Address	City	State	Zip Code	H6. Phone

I. Property Damage Information (Other than Vehicles)

I1.	Owner Name (Last, First, Middle)	I2. Street Address	I3. Phone	I4.	Property and Damage Description

I5.	Owner Name (Last, First, Middle)	I6. Street Address	I7. Phone	I8.	Property and Damage Description

J.	Description of What Happened

K. Signature

“Signed under Pains and Penalties of Perjury”		Print		Date

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How to Edit MA Vehicle Accident Report Online for Free

This form is required for documenting motor vehicle accidents in Massachusetts under certain circumstances, such as when there is injury, death, or significant property damage.

1. Document Crash Location

In Section A, specify the crash location with details like city, street names, and landmarks, ensuring the description is precise enough for exact identification.

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2. Describe Your Vehicle and Incident

In Section B, provide full details of your vehicle and describe your actions and the vehicle's direction prior to the crash.

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3. Information on All Parties

Record personal and injury details for yourself and any passengers in Section C. Repeat for other vehicles and non-motorists involved in Sections D and E.

4. Note Crash Conditions

In Section F, detail environmental conditions at the crash time, including weather, lighting, and road surface.

5. Provide a Crash Diagram

Create a diagram in Section G showing vehicle positions, directions of travel, and impacts, which aids in claims and legal evaluations.

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The Work zone maintenance equipment, Guardrail, B Was your Vehicle Towed from the, Yes, B Vehicle Damaged Area check up to, None, Undercarriage, Totaled, Other, Unknown, and CRASH field needs to be used to list the rights or responsibilities of both parties.

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6. Witness Details

List all witnesses with their contact information in Section H, as their accounts can be crucial for further proceedings.

7. Report Property Damage

If applicable, detail any property damage other than to vehicles in Section I, including descriptions and estimated repair costs.

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8. Narrative Description of the Crash

Offer a detailed account of the crash in Section J, including events leading up to and during the incident, covering all involved parties and vehicles.

9. Sign and Date

Finalize the form in Section K with your signature and date, verifying the accuracy and truthfulness of the information provided.

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