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FIELD 47 - MOTOR VEHICLE TYPE
Motor Vehicle Type

This field identifies the type of motor vehicle at the time it became an involved vehicle in the crash.

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IMPORTANT: Remember, you must have at least one motor vehicle "In-Transport" involved in the crash for this to be a reportable case.

01 - Motor Vehicle In-Transport (Inside or Outside the Trafficway) is used to indicate that this is a motor vehicle in-transport. "In-Transport" means any part of the vehicle’s primary outline as defined by the four sides of the vehicle (excluding open doors or mirrors) is within the roadway (travel lanes) or the vehicle is in motion anywhere within or outside the trafficway boundaries.

Examples:
  1. Motor vehicle in traffic on the highway.
  2. Motionless motor vehicle abandoned on the roadway travel lanes.
  3. Motor vehicle on roadway stopped at traffic signal.
  4. Motor vehicle driving or in motion on the shoulder, median or roadside.
  5. Motor vehicle driving down a private driveway.
  6. Motor vehicle in motion, outside the trafficway boundaries (e.g., vehicle pulling up to a pump in a gas station; not within trafficway; vehicle in motion in a parking lot aisle; lawn tractor driving in a field adjacent to the trafficway; ATV driving on a dirt track next to trafficway; etc.).
02 - Motor Vehicle Stopped Inside the Trafficway Excluding Roadway is used to indicate that this is a stopped motor vehicle located within the trafficway boundaries but not on the roadway when it became an involved motor vehicle. The trafficway boundaries are from property line to property line. See the previous image.

Examples:
  1. Motor vehicle parked in designated curbside parking lane.
  2. Motor vehicle parked in designated curbside parking lane with an open door crossing into the travel lane.
  3. Motor vehicle stopped completely on the shoulder, median or roadside.
03 - Motor Vehicle Stopped Outside the Trafficway is used to indicate that this is a stopped motor vehicle located outside the trafficway boundaries when it became an involved unit by being struck by a motor vehicle in-transport.

Examples:
  1. Motor vehicle parked in a private driveway, parking lot space, or other private property (outside the trafficway boundaries).
  2. Any vehicle used for private construction occurring outside the trafficway boundaries.
04 - Working Motor Vehicle (highway construction, maintenance, utility only) is used to indicate that this is a motor vehicle that was in the act of performing highway construction, maintenance or utility work related to the trafficway when it became an involved motor vehicle. This "work" may be located within open or closed portions of the trafficway and motor vehicles performing these activities can be within or outside the trafficway boundaries. This field does not include private construction/maintenance vehicles, or vehicles such as garbage trucks, delivery trucks, taxis, emergency vehicles (except example #8 in the following list of examples), tow trucks, etc.

Examples:
  1. Asphalt/steam roller working in a highway construction zone paving the roadway or flattening dirt.
  2. State highway maintenance crew painting lane lines on the road, mowing grass on the roadside or median, repairing potholes, removing debris from the roadway, etc.
  3. Utility truck or a "cherry picker", performing maintenance on power lines along the roadway or maintaining a traffic signal.
  4. A private excavating company contracted by the State digging the foundation for a new overpass.
  5. A state, county, or privately owned snow plow, plowing ice/snow as part of a highway maintenance activity.
  6. Street sweeper sweeping the street.
  7. A vehicle in a mobile work convoy displaying arrow boards or other signaling devices warning motorists of the work activity.
  8. A law enforcement vehicle which is participating strictly in a stationary construction or mobile maintenance activity as a traffic slowing, control, signaling or calming influence.
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