After a collision — Oregon Permit Test

After a collision on the Oregon permit test — 4 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

If you are involved in a collision you must stop; where there are no injuries and the vehicles can be moved safely, move them out of the travel lanes as soon as possible, and information can be exchanged away from the scene.

Leaving vehicles in a live lane is how a minor collision becomes a second, worse one — the exchange can happen anywhere.

Stop. If there are no injuries and vehicles can be safely moved, move them out of travel lanes as soon as possible. Information can be exchanged away from the scene of the collision.

2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.93

Give reasonable assistance to injured persons, who should never be moved carelessly, and if a person is killed or unconscious remain at the scene until police arrive.

Moving someone with a spinal injury can do the damage the collision did not, so assistance means help rather than relocation.

If a person is killed or unconscious, remain at the scene of the collision until police arrive.

2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.94

You must exchange your name, address, driver license number, license plate number and insurance information with the other driver, passengers, or any injured pedestrian involved.

Passengers and an injured pedestrian are on the list as well as the other driver, and they are the ones most often missed.

Provide your name, address, driver license number, license plate number of your vehicle, and your insurance information to the other driver, passengers, or any injured pedestrian involved.

2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.94

If you hit an unoccupied vehicle, try to find the owner, and if you cannot, leave a note with your name and address and a brief description of what happened; the same applies to damaging property other than a motor vehicle.

Leaving without a note is a hit and run whether or not anyone saw it, and the note is the whole of what turns it back into an accident.

If you hit an unoccupied vehicle, try to find the owner. If you cannot find the owner, leave a note with your name and address, along with a brief description of what happened.

2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.94

On the test

What should drivers in a minor collision with no injuries do with their vehicles?

Move them out of the travel lanes as soon as it is safe. Leaving vehicles in a live lane is how a minor collision becomes a second, worse one — the exchange can happen anywhere. 2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, p.93: “Stop. If there are no injuries and vehicles can be safely moved, move them out of travel lanes as soon as possible. Information can be exchanged away from the scene of the collision.”

How this works

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against 2026-2027 Oregon Driver Manual, published by the Oregon Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.