You are in a Nevada crash with no police response, about $900 in property damage, and no injuries. How long do you have to send the SR-1 Report of Crash form to the DMV?
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A.
No report is required because law enforcement did not investigate.
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B.
You have 10 days from the crash to submit the SR-1. Correct
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C.
Your insurance company files the SR-1 with the DMV on your behalf.
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D.
No report is required because no one was injured.
The answer is "You have 10 days from the crash to submit the SR-1."
When law enforcement does not investigate and the crash causes at least $750 in damage or any injury, Nevada requires the driver or registered owner to send the SR-1 to the DMV within 10 days. Skipping the filing can lead to suspension of your driver license or vehicle registration.
The traps in the wrong answers
A. No report is required because law enforcement did not investigate.
The SR-1 is the form Nevada requires precisely when police do not investigate a qualifying crash, so this crash still owes one within 10 days. Treats the officer's own report as the only paperwork expected, missing that the SR-1 is the driver's substitute when no officer investigates.
C. Your insurance company files the SR-1 with the DMV on your behalf.
The SR-1 is the driver or registered owner's form to complete and send to the DMV within 10 days; an insurer's separate claim record does not satisfy it. Assumes the insurer forwards all crash paperwork to the state, so the driver need only file a claim.
D. No report is required because no one was injured.
The rule triggers on either $750 or more in damage or any injury, and this crash clears the damage threshold, so the SR-1 is still owed within 10 days. Half-remembers the trigger as injury-only and skips the $750 property-damage half of the rule.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Nevada. Source: Nevada Driver Manual, "Chapter 8 - Insurance and Financial Responsibility," p.75..
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