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a report from Councillor Craig Kelley, Chair of the Public Safety Committee, for a public hearing held on December 18, 2018 to explore the responsibilities and capacities of CPD officers or other officers working in Cambridge under CPD authority, such as out-of-town officers working a construction detail, to respond to bike related collisions
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ATTACNMENT A
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
A massDOT
Motor Vehicle Crash Operator Report
How To Complete This Form
Plose carefully complete all sections of this forn that apply lo your crish, circling the ansiver whcre appropriato. Illegible repons will be returnca to you
Section F: Crash Conditions
Section A: Crash Location
Use the codes provided to indicate the
Provide the city/town where the crash occurred,
conditions at the time of 1he crash.
the date and tine of the crash, and the number of
vehicles involved.
Complele section Al or A2.
Section G: Crash Diagram
Use official names of all focations, streets and
Draw a diagram of how the crush occurred.
landmarks.
On the diagram, Vehicle 1 reprosents your
• Use street name and route fi, if applicable.
vehicle.
• Be as precise as possible when describing the
location.
Section H: Witness Information
Provide chough information to locate the crash
" List all the people who saw the crash but were
to a specific point, not just a street or roadway.
not involved.
Section B: Vehicle You Were Driving
• Provide information on your license and the
Section I: Property Damage Information
Indicate all non-vehicular property that was
vehicie you were driving
damaged in the crash.
* Use the codes provided to indicate the cause of
the crash.
Section J: Description of What Happened
Describe the crash including events prior to the
Section C: You and Your Passengers
crash for your vehiclos and all other vehicles.
Provide infonnation on you and your passengers
at the time of the crash.
Section K: Signature
* Use the codes provided to indicate occupant
Please sign and print your name and indicate the
information.
date you completed the form.
Section D: Other Vehicles Involved in the
Where to send completed reports:
Crash
• Mail or deliver one copy 10 the local police
• Provide information on the other vehicle(s) and
department or state police in the city or 10w77
operator(s) involved in the crash.
where the crash nocurred.
• If more than one vehicle involved, please use
additional form completing Section D only:
• Mail one copy 10 your Insurance Company:
Section E: Non-Motorists) Involved
• Mail ane copy to the RMV at the following,
• Provide information on the non-motorists)
address:
involved in the crash.
Crash Records
Registry of Motor Vehicles
• If more than one non-motorist involved, plcase
P.O. Box 55889
use additional form completing Section E only.
Boston, MA 02205
CRA-13
TZ1:78_0512
Page 1
fion A Crasit
City/Town Where Crash Occuited
Date of Crash
Time of Crasi
Vehicles
_AM_ PM Invofred:
Flasa complete Soction Al or A2 inow to indicate the locatios of the crash.
If you nad additional space to describe the crash lacation, please use Section 1 en we last pose er this forma
SECTION Al: Cumplete this Section if the cris
SECTION A2: Complete this Section if the crash did NOT occur at an
occurred it an intersection of iwo or more: sirects;
inferscction:
Sten 1: lease indicato the ronte or roadway where you
Sici]: l'icase indicate the route, roudway and oddress where the crash occurred:
were traycling waco the crust accurred:
The crash occured on Route #:
.. at Street or Addrers Number: _
on tic Strcc/Roadway known as:
Routet
Name of Roadway/Stect
Step 2; Please provide as much of the following spocific location information as possible:
Siçp. 2: Wunt was is name (or names) of the istersecting
strects?
feet
The crash occurred (estimule number of fect)
of
(indicate direction as N/S/E/W)
Routch
Name of Roadway/Street
3) Mile Marker dumber
OR: b) Exit Numbes
OR: c) Intersecting Strect/Roadway
Routal
Narue of Roadway/Street
Routair
Name of Roadway/Street
OR: d) Landmark
cction B: V
Were Driving
¡ Number of accupants in vchicle (including yotrocif):
Was vehicle damage above $10907
License Siste Dac of Birt Age Sex
Driver's Licoo Mumber
_M_F
B3nS,C1
T— Doubles/Triples
Your Full Name (East, Firs, Midille)
Street Allress
Stale
City/Towa
Zip
Insurance Company
Vehicle Registration #
Vehicke Year
TVebids Make
Roy. Type
/Reg. Stre
Endicale your type of ychicle
l Passenger car
4 Bus (15 or more possengars)
8 Truck/trailer
97 Other
12 Tractor/traples
2, Light truck (van, mini-yan,
5 Bus (7-15 passengers)
9 Truck tracior (babtail)
99 Unisons
13 Usknown heary truck
6 Single-unit truck (Z axles)
10 Tactor/semi-sailer
pick-up, sport utility)
14 Moor home/rectentional vohicle
13 Molorcycie
7 Single-unit truct: (3 or more axles)
11 Tractor/doubles
Full Name of Velricle Owner (Last, First, Middle)
[street Address
Zip
Stake
City/Towa
Want Wos Your Vchide Doing Prior 1o the Crash?
Vehicle Travel Direction
1 Travelling straight shead
97 Other
4 Tuming left
7 Leaving traffic lase
10 Backing
2 Slowing or stopped
5 Changing lancs
Il T'arked
99 Unknown
& Making U-turn
…N_S_E…W
3 Turning right
6 Entering traffic lane
2. Overtaking/passing
Please Indicate be Sequice of Events as they vccurred do YOUR Vehicle by writing the errespoading number (1-52, or 97, 99) in pell 4 baxes decaw.
What happened 7° (ir applicable)?
What happened first?
What happened 3rd (if applicable)?
What happeal (applicable)?
Non-Collisita
Collision with
23
Light pole or other post/suppor
Ran oft road right
10
Motor yehicle in traftic
24 Guardrail
41 Ran off road left
2 Parted motor velicie
25
42
Cross medion/centerline
Median barrier
3 Pedestrian
43
26
Ditch
Overtum/mllover
4 Cyclist
27
Embankment/Stoping shoulder
44
Equipment failur (blows lira, biakes, ctc)
• 5 Animal-deer
28
Fire/explosion
45
Fighway traffic signposi
6 Animal-other
45
Immersion
29
Overhead sign support
7 Moped
Fence
30
47
Jacktorife
§ Work zone maintenance equipment
Mailbax
31
-
48
Cargo equipment lass or shift
9 Railsay vehicle (rain, engine)
Crash cushion impact attenuenr
Seperation of units
10 Other movable object
33
Bridge
Downhill runaway
11 Unbrosva movable abjccs
34
Bridge overhead structure
Other nua-collision
20 Cut
52
Other fixed object (wall, building. lunael)
Unitown non-collision
21 Tree
97
Unknown fxed object
Other
35
22 Utility pole
99
UnkEown
• Nose
Vehicle Damaged Area
10 Undercasiage
Was your Vehicle Tored Frop Ite Scene Drie to Damage? _Yes
No
11 Totaled
(circle up to hurt)
5
97 Other
59 Unknown
Pagt 2
senge
Section caVour mo Your
Please proside the full rame, address, and DOB or Age for all passengers in your venelo. Then write the coresponding code in:
(yourself and all pascongers). A list of the possible codca is provided at the bossora of thia section.
F:
- D
Sexi
Date of
Namic of
Medical Facility
MUF
ButbiAns
Driver (Set previons pagc)
Name of l'asscager 1 (Lasl, First, Middle)
-Address
City/Town
Statc
Zip
Nane of Passenger 2 (Last, Fist, Middie)
Address
Stace
Cily/Town
Zip
Name of Passenger 3 (Last, First, Ilisdie)
Address
City/Taw'D
Stale
Zin
A.
Seating Pasition
I. Safety System Used
It. Air Rag Switch
C.Air Ing Statuss
10
Thad row - right site
1 Front scat - ict sile (ur molorcycle driver)
I Deployed-front
None used
Stitch in ON position
10 Sleeper section of cab
2 Front seat-middic
2
2 Deployed-side
Shoulder and lap belt
Switch in OFF position
3 Front scat-righi side
11 Enclosed possenger crea
5 Deployed both
ON-OFF switce nol present
Lap bel! only
4 Second sest - lufi side (os notoreycle passengce)
12 Unchalosed picsorget area
4
Shoulder bell Daly
front and side
Unknown if switch is present
13 Trailing tai!
S Second seat-middic
4
4 Notdeployed
Child safcty scar
Is Riding on reticle caterior
6 Second sest - right side
Helmet
15
i5 Norapplicable
47
Other
7
Third sow. left side (or motoscycle passengor)
99 Unknown
199 Unkuowa
8
Third roy - middle
D9 Unknowti
E.
Ejected Froto Felicle?
G Injured?
E. Trappe
R. Transported for Medical Care?
Nat ejocied
Fatal injury
Not trapped
97 Other
1 Not transported
Totally ejecled
Freel by mechanical means
2 EMS (emergency servica)
99 Unknown
2
Partially ejected
5 No injury
Incapacitating,
Pread Ly swu-icchanical mems
5 Police
99 Unknown
Non-incapacitating
49 Unknown
Not applicable
95
Passible
Unknown
FoR 12 Other Vehide Involved in the Crash
Number of nccapacis in flie Vehicle:
War Ycbicke Dumage_Yes
No Mopral? -
Nemaber of injured accupnals: _
_Yes No, Hitand Ran? _Yes _Nr
aborg SAIDO?
Driver's Timense Numsber
Legise Cass
Tack vuisdes
P... Passenger
_F
* - Tonk and Haras
- Doriales/Triples
Uobinown
tratasport
Street Address
State
City/Town
Zip
Full Name of Vehicle Driver (Last, First, Middle)
Velsicle hicke
mr Vehicie Year
Insurance Compasy
Roz Stau
Reg. Typo
Vehicle Registration #
Indicato type of vehicle
Inickitailer
I PassageT car
* Bus (15 AT more parsangers)
12 Tractor/tripies
97 Odor
5 Bus (7-15 passengers)
2 Light truck (van, mini-van,
99 Untowa
Truck tractor (butrail)
13 Unknowa heary tnck
10 Tractor/semi-miles
& Siogle-unir mad: (2 axles)
pick-up, sport utility)
14 Motor home/recreatiopal vehicle
7 Siogle-unit truck (3 or more arles)
11 Tractoridmbles
3 Motorcyclo
Statc
Full Name of Vehicle Üwner (Last, First, Middle)
Сі Тон»
Streat Address
Zig
Vchicla Travel What Was the Vehiclu Doing Prior to the Crash?
Direction
Vehicke Damaged Ares isole up w irone
• NonE
I Traveling straigtu anerd
97 Other
7 Icaring trafic Jonc
4 Tuming left
10 Bassing
10 Undercarriage
1k Ictalco
_N$
2
I1 Parked
99 Linknows
Storing or sopped
5 Changing lanes
3 Turning right
6 Encring traffic In 9 Doctaking/passing
Section E
on Motorist Tivolved the Crashi
1 Pedestran
Indicate the type of non-tautorist invalvert
2 Cyclist
97 Oter
99 Unksows
What was the sion-motorist doing prior to the crash?
Where was the unz-motorist prior to she crash?
1 Entering or crossing location
1 Maked crossvalk at interestina
Working on vehicle
& Mediar. (but ant no shoulde
2 Walking, nuning, or cycling
7 Island
7 Standing
2 At intersection bul Do crostralli
97 Other
3 Non-intersection crosswalk
3 Working
8 Shoulder
4
99 Unknown
4 Pushing vehicle
La roadway
9 Sidesvalk
5 Approaching or leaving vehicle
5
Not in roadway
10 Sharcituse path as smils
99 Unknown
Sux
Fall Nate of Non-Motarist (Last, First, Middle) Street Address
Date of Birk/Age
City Town
-Zip
_M_F
Safety Equipacot?
Injured?
Transported for afedical Care?
0 Note nsed
1 Falal injury
9 Lighing
I Not transported
97 Other
6 Heimet
10 Orizer
Non-fall injur
98 Unlaesa
12 EMS (omergency sevice)
13 Police
95 Unknown
7 Protective pads (clbows, krues, eic.)
3 Incapacitating
S No injury
8 Reflective clothing
Non-incapacitaling
99 Unknow
It ransperial, please Inticate Hospitalisedical farity:
Possible
Page 3
ection BaCast Conditions
Light Conditions
Traffic Conirol Device
Was the traffe: Road Surince
Matter Conditinas (up to ha)
Realtizy Entersection Typo
Clear
Daylight
control dutice
No controls
Dry
Dawn
Cloudy
WcE
Stop signs
nucting it
Dusk
Rain
Tralfic conun! signal
Show
the time af the
Nor al intersecting
Snow
Dark - lighted roadway
Fleshing tallic cauto: nighal
crash!
Icc
Four-way intersection
un a
Xiaid signs
Dark - roadway not lighted
Stect bail, frozing main
Sand, mud, dirt, oil, grass!
T-intensaction
5
Dark - Lnknown roadway
Fog, smog, smole
Scbool zone sigos
Water (standing, moving)
... Yes
Y-inletsection
lighting
Severe crosswinds
Shush
Warring sigas
Од гатр
97 Othor
97 Olher
Blowing sand, snow
Retread crossing dorica
_No
97
Other
99
99 Unknown
Unknown
99 Unknowa
Trafãc circle
99
Unknown
Five-point or more
Traffickay Description
Wark Zonc
School Jus
Manner of Coliisito
Drivewty
Related?
Rituted?
Two-way, not divided
Head oD
I Singie vehicle crasla
10 Railway grade crossiog
Two-way, divides, naproiecle median
Z Rear-cnd
7 Rear to tear
1
99 UalDown
Two-way, divided, prupcled medias
_ Tes
_ Yes
Angie
99 Unlinowa
Oscoway, nol divided
Sideswips, same direction
_No
- No
99 Uaknown
5 Sideswips, opposite directica
Sechon or Grish Diagram
Please draw a diagram of thre
roadway or streets where the crash
occurred, indicating the vehicles
Indicale
invalved sad direclion of tranel
North by
ssing che followiag symbols:
= Diraction
my « Yebisit 1 (Your Vehicle)
} = Vehicle 2
- Pedestriau/Non-motorist
= North
Scloct obe of che following if
the crash did not occur on a
public way:
OF-street parking lo1
Garage
Mall/sbopping center
Other povate way
Section HE
Address
Witness Name (Last, First, Middle)
lection
Proper
Vehi
(Other than
yantag.
Adóress
Phone
Owner Name (Last, First, Middle)
Property and Damage Description
Happened
Section K
Dato.
Prist...
"Signal under Pains and Pearlies of Perjury"
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