If you are involved in a traffic collision, you are required to complete and submit a written report (SR1) to the DMV:
- Only if you or the other driver is injured.
- If there is property damage in excess of $1,000 or if there are any injuries. ✓
- Only if you are at fault.
Answer: B. If there is property damage in excess of $1,000 or if there are any injuries.
You must submit an SR1 report to the DMV when the collision caused more than $1,000 in property damage or when anyone was injured or killed.
Why this is the answer
The handbook says you must report a collision to the DMV within 10 days if it caused more than $1,000 in property damage or if anyone was injured or killed, including minor injuries. It also says each driver must file the SR1 report, and fault does not matter. That matches the rule about property damage over $1,000 or any injury.
Why the other answers are wrong
- A. Only if you or the other driver is injured. — Injury is not the only trigger, because the handbook also requires a report when property damage is more than $1,000.
- C. Only if you are at fault. — Fault is not a condition, because the handbook says each driver must file whether or not they caused the collision.
Remember it
Think of the report trigger as two alarms: damage over $1,000 or any injury, no matter who caused it.