Crash records and reporting — Arkansas Permit Test
Crash records and reporting on the Arkansas permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
After a crash, get the names and addresses of all the people involved and any witnesses, including any injured persons.
Witnesses leave quickly, and without their names you may have no one to back up what happened.
Get the names and addresses of all the people involved in the accident and any witnesses.
Exchange information with the other drivers involved in a crash, such as name, address, driver's license number and insurance company.
Each driver's insurer needs the others' details to settle the damage, and they are hard to find later.
Exchange information with other drivers involved in the crash.
You must report a crash to the Office of Driver Services if there is an injury, a death, or property damage of more than $3000 to one person's property.
The state keeps a record of serious crashes so that injuries and large losses can be followed up and paid for.
You must report the accident to the Office of Driver Services division of the Department of Finance and Administration if there is an injury, a death, or property damage of more than $3000 to one person’s property.
You must file the crash report with the Office of Driver Services within 30 days of the accident.
Details fade and paperwork gets lost, so the report has a deadline while the facts are still clear.
You must file the report within thirty (30) days of the accident.
If you are injured and unable to complete the crash report, someone may file it on your behalf.
A driver in the hospital should not miss the deadline, so another person is allowed to send the report.
If you are injured and unable to complete the report, someone may file on your behalf.
On the test
Whose names and addresses should you get after a crash?
Everyone involved and any witnesses. Witnesses leave quickly, and without their names you may have no one to back up what happened. Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, p.81: “Get the names and addresses of all the people involved in the accident and any witnesses.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, published by the Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pdf (Arkansas Driver License Study Guide, Volume 1, Edition 10, October 2026, Arkansas State Police, retrieved 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/AR-exam.txt (the text of the State Police's audio testing instructions, https://media.ark.org/dps/Audio-Testing-Instructions.pdf, read 2026-10-04; states the 20 correct answers that pass)
- https://dps.arkansas.gov/law-enforcement/arkansas-state-police/services-programs/driver-examination/ (read 2026-10-04; links the study guide and the audio testing instructions, states no count or mark)
- https://media.ark.org/dps/Non-Commercial-DL-Testing-Rules_Current-Effective-as-of-7.23.21.pdf (the State Police's Non-Commercial Driver's License Testing Rules, read 2026-10-04; Rule 1 sets the five-day retest wait and no figure)