After a collision that injures or kills someone, within what time must you make a report to law enforcement?
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A.
24 hours Correct
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B.
10 days
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C.
72 hours
The answer is "24 hours"
The 24-hour clock applies to the law enforcement report when anyone is injured or killed. Choice B is the 10-day DMV filing window; drivers studying both deadlines at once tend to swap them, since both attach to the same collision.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. 10 days
Ten days is the DMV filing window, not the law enforcement window. This answer swaps the DMV deadline into the law-enforcement slot, since both reports attach to the same collision.
C. 72 hours
Seventy-two hours is not a deadline the manual sets for crash reporting. This answer pulls a 72-hour figure from other reporting contexts that carry it, none of them the California crash rule.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in California. Source: California Driver Manual, "What to Do if You Are in a Collision," p.77..
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