What to do in a crash — Minnesota Permit Test
What to do in a crash on the Minnesota permit test — 7 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are in a crash you must stop, and where possible pull out of the driving lane onto the shoulder.
Leaving the scene is its own offense, and stopping in the lane invites the second crash.
Stop. If possible, pull out of the driving lane onto the shoulder. Turn off the ignition to reduce the risk of fire.
Protect the crash scene with emergency warning lights, flares or a flashlight.
Traffic keeps arriving at full speed, and the people on foot at a crash are the ones it reaches first.
Use emergency warning lights, flares or a flashlight to warn other drivers of danger.
If someone is injured or killed, call the nearest law enforcement agency or 911 as quickly as possible.
Minutes decide outcomes with serious injuries, and the call is the only thing that starts the clock.
If someone is injured or killed, call the nearest law enforcement agency or 911 as quickly as possible.
You are required by law to provide reasonable assistance to crash victims.
Reasonable means what you can actually do, and standing back where you cannot help is not it.
You are required by law to provide reasonable assistance to crash victims.
At a crash you must give your name, address, date of birth and vehicle registration number to the other drivers and any officer.
The exchange is what lets the damage be repaired and the insurance settled without a court.
Provide your name, address, date of birth and vehicle registration number to other drivers and any law enforcement officer at the scene.
If you do not have your insurance information with you, you must provide it within 72 hours.
Nobody carries everything. The deadline is what stops it being forgotten instead.
If you do not have it with you, provide it within 72 hours.
Where a crash causes property damage only, you do not need to notify law enforcement.
Nobody is hurt and nothing needs an officer, so the drivers settle it between themselves.
If the crash only results in property damage, you do not need to notify law enforcement.
On the test
What is the first thing to do after a crash?
Stop and pull out of the driving lane if possible. Leaving the scene is its own offense, and stopping in the lane invites the second crash. Minnesota Driver’s Manual, p.39: “Stop. If possible, pull out of the driving lane onto the shoulder. Turn off the ignition to reduce the risk of fire.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Minnesota Driver’s Manual, published by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-22.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pdf (Minnesota Driver’s Manual, May 2025, Minnesota Department of Public Safety, Driver and Vehicle Services, retrieved 2026-09-14; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MN.pages.txt (the plain pdftotext fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/SOURCES.json, MN entry -- the folio offset of 3 and its basis, the folio marker, the extraction-flag score and the welded compounds it costs, and the record of where the exam shape comes from