Crashes — Pennsylvania Permit Test
Crashes on the Pennsylvania permit test — 6 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.
The rules
If you are in a crash, stop at or near the scene and, if you can, move your vehicle off the road so it does not block traffic, because many crashes are caused when traffic stops for an earlier one.
The car left in a live lane is the second crash waiting to happen.
If you can, move your vehicle off of the road so you do not block traffic. Many crashes are caused when traffic stops or slows for an initial crash.
Call the police if anyone is hurt or dies in a crash, and also if any vehicle needs to be towed.
Towing is the second trigger, and it is the one people forget.
Call the police, if any vehicle needs to be towed.
After a crash get the names, addresses, telephone numbers, registration numbers, and insurance company names and policy numbers of the other drivers, and the details of any witnesses.
The details are hardest to collect later, when nobody is still at the scene.
Get the information listed below from the other driver(s) involved in the crash: • Names and addresses • Telephone numbers • Registration numbers • Insurance company names and policy numbers
If a crash involves a parked vehicle or property damage, stop immediately and try to find the owner; if you cannot, leave a note where it can be seen and call the police.
The note is what keeps it from being a hit and run.
If you cannot find the owner, leave a note in a place where it can be seen and call the police.
If police do not investigate a crash in which somebody died or was injured, or in which a vehicle had to be towed, you must send a Driver's Accident Report Form within five days.
The report is what puts the crash on the record when no officer attended.
send a Driver's Accident Report Form (AA-600) within five (5) days to:
Do not stop at a crash unless you are involved, or unless emergency help has not yet arrived; keep moving and do not block the way for rescue vehicles.
A road full of stopped onlookers is a road the ambulance cannot get down.
Do not stop at a crash unless you are involved or if emergency help has not yet arrived.
On the test
Why should you move your vehicle off the road after a crash?
Traffic stopping for it causes more crashes. The car left in a live lane is the second crash waiting to happen. PA Driver's Manual, p.81: “If you can, move your vehicle off of the road so you do not block traffic. Many crashes are caused when traffic stops or slows for an initial crash.”
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Where these come from
Every rule here is checked against PA Driver's Manual, published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-06.