At the accident scene — Connecticut Permit Test

Stop at or near the accident site, and if your vehicle can move, get it off the road so it does not block traffic or cause another crash.

A crashed car left in a lane collects the next car, which is how a two-vehicle crash becomes a five-vehicle one.

If your vehicle can move, get it off the road so that it does not block traffic or cause another crash.

Do not stand or walk in traffic lanes at a crash scene, because you could be struck by another vehicle.

Drivers are looking at the wreck rather than at the road, which makes the lanes beside it the worst place to stand.

Do not stand or walk in traffic lanes. You could be struck by another vehicle.

Turn off the ignition of each wrecked vehicle and do not smoke around them, because fuel could have spilled and fire is a real danger.

Spilled fuel and a hot engine are enough on their own. A cigarette is the one thing you can easily remove.

Turn off the ignition of each wrecked vehicle. Do not smoke around wrecked vehicles.

If there are power lines down with wires in the road, do not go near them.

A live wire on the ground energizes what it touches, and it gives no sign of doing so.

there are power lines down with wires in the road, do not go near them.

Do not move an injured person unless they are in a burning vehicle or in immediate danger of being hit by another vehicle, because moving them can make their injuries worse.

A spinal injury is made permanent by being moved, and you cannot tell from outside whether there is one.

Do not move the injured unless they are in a burning vehicle or in other immediate danger of being hit by another vehicle.

If there is bleeding, apply pressure directly on the wound with your hand or a cloth; even severe bleeding can almost always be stopped or slowed that way.

Pressure is the one first aid measure anyone can do without training or equipment, and it works.

Even severe bleeding can almost always be stopped or slowed by putting pressure on the wound.

Do not give an injured person anything to drink, not even water, and cover them with a blanket or coat to help prevent shock.

Drinking can be dangerous before a doctor sees them, and warmth is the thing that actually helps.

Do not give injured persons anything to drink – not even water.

What does a driver do with a vehicle that can still move after a crash?

Get it off the road. A crashed car left in a lane collects the next car, which is how a two-vehicle crash becomes a five-vehicle one. Connecticut Driver's Manual, p.41: “If your vehicle can move, get it off the road so that it does not block traffic or cause another crash.”