Crash reporting — Montana Permit Test
Crash reporting on the Montana permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
After a crash, exchange information with the other drivers: name, address, driver license number, vehicle information, and insurance company and policy number.
Without the other driver's insurance and license details, a claim for the damage goes nowhere.
Exchange information with other drivers involved in the crash.
If you hit a parked car and cannot find the owner, leave a note where it can be seen telling the owner how to reach you and the date and time of the crash.
A note with no way to reach you is no better than driving off.
If you cannot, leave a note in a place where itcan be seen with information on how the owner can reach you and the date and time of the accident.
In Montana you must report a crash immediately to law enforcement if anyone is injured or killed, or property damage is $500 or more.
Police who never hear of a crash cannot record it, and the drivers have no report for insurance.
You must report an accident immediately to law enforcement if anyone is injured or killed, or property damage is $500 or more.
You must report to the Montana Highway Patrol if there is an injury, a death, or property damage of $1,000 or more to one person's property.
A serious crash missing from the state's records cannot be traced later.
You must report to the Highway Patrol if there is an injury, a death, or property damage of $1,000 or more to one person’s property.
A Montana crash report must be filed within 10 days of the crash.
Details fade fast, and a report filed weeks late is missing what people saw.
You must file the report within 10 days of the accident.
If you are injured and unable to complete the crash report, someone can file it for you.
A driver in the hospital should not miss the deadline just because they cannot write.
If you are injured and unable to complete the report, someone can file it for you.
On the test
What should you exchange with other drivers involved in a crash?
Name, license, vehicle and insurance info. Without the other driver's insurance and license details, a claim for the damage goes nowhere. Montana Driver Manual, p.80: “Exchange information with other drivers involved in the crash.”
How this works
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against Montana Driver Manual, published by the Montana Department of Justice, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-10-04.
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pdf (Montana Driver Manual, Revised April 2024, Montana Department of Justice, Motor Vehicle Division, retrieved 2026-09-14 and re-checked 2026-10-04; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT.pages.txt (scripts/mt-text.sh: pdftotext -layout except printed pp.24-26, which are plain; the fixture every citation here was cut from and verified against; sha256 pinned in SOURCES.json)
- src/assets/drivers-manuals/MT-exam.html (Administrative Rules of Montana 23.3.121, Road Signs and Road Rules, as reproduced by the Legal Information Institute, read 2026-10-04; states the seven-miss pass mark; sha256 pinned under examSource)
- https://mvdmt.gov/forms-driver-license/ (read 2026-10-04; links the manual)