An Oregon collision causes a passenger's broken arm but no vehicle damage. What does Oregon require regarding Form 735-32?
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A.
A report is required; injury is its own filing trigger. Correct
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B.
Filing is unnecessary because vehicle damage stayed under $2,500.
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C.
A report is required only if the broken arm needed hospitalization.
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D.
A report is required only after police have filed their report.
The answer is "A report is required; injury is its own filing trigger."
Any injury or death from a collision is its own trigger for the 72-hour Form 735-32 report, independent of the dollar-damage and tow thresholds. A broken arm is plainly an injury, so the report is required even though no vehicle was damaged. The manual is also explicit that a police report does not replace the DMV filing.
The traps in the wrong answers
B. Filing is unnecessary because vehicle damage stayed under $2,500.
The injury trigger is independent of the $2,500 damage threshold. Misreading: Treats the $2,500 damage threshold as the only filing trigger, ignoring the separate injury-or-death trigger listed in the same bullet group.
C. A report is required only if the broken arm needed hospitalization.
The manual conditions the report on injury, not on hospitalization-level severity. Misreading: Adds a hospitalization severity test that the manual does not impose; the trigger is any injury resulting from the collision.
D. A report is required only after police have filed their report.
The manual states a police report does not replace your DMV filing obligation. Misreading: Treats a police report as a precondition; the manual explicitly says a police report does not replace the driver's DMV report.
This question tests your knowledge of Crash Procedures in Oregon. Source: Oregon Driver Manual, "Traffic Collisions, Your Responsibilities," p.94..
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