After a crash — Wisconsin Permit Test

After a crash on the Wisconsin permit test — 5 rules, each with the reason behind it and a question on it while it is fresh.

The rules

Where someone is injured or killed in a crash, a driver calls 911, stays on the scene and does not move the vehicles.

Where the cars ended up is evidence, and someone hurt should not be moved either. Help comes to you.

Stay on the scene and do not move the vehicles

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47

It is a crime to leave the scene of a crash where someone is injured or killed.

Driving off turns a crash into an offense that follows you. Staying is the law, not a courtesy.

It is a crime to leave the scene if someone is injured or killed.

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47

A crash must be reported to police where property damage is $1,000 or more.

Damage adds up faster than it looks on a bumper. Over the threshold the report is required, not optional.

Property damage of $1,000 or more

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47

A crash must be reported to police where government property such as signs or guard rails is damaged by $200 or more.

Public property has a lower bar than private, because the repair comes out of the road budget. Two hundred is not much of a guard rail.

Government property damage of $200 or more (ex: signs, guard rails)

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47

After a crash a driver turns on the emergency flashers or sets out flares to warn other drivers.

A stopped car in a lane is the next crash waiting to happen. The flashers are what buy the time to move clear.

Turn on your emergency flashers or flares to warn other drivers.

Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47

On the test

What does a Wisconsin driver do after a crash with an injury?

Call 911 and leave the vehicles. Where the cars ended up is evidence, and someone hurt should not be moved either. Help comes to you. Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, p.47: “Stay on the scene and do not move the vehicles”

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Where these come from

Every rule here is checked against Wisconsin Motorists' Handbook, published by the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, and against the state code itself. Last checked 2026-09-15.