KANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT CODING MANUAL

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ACCIDENT LOCATION The Accident Location identifies where the "First Harmful Event"
(1 st AOI) occurred and NOT where the unstabilized situation began. It should be noted that this field
is one of the most miscoded on the form, and at the same time, one of the more important fields.
Diagrams have been added to improve understanding. A few special situations regarding accident
location are shown below for both “ON” Roadway, and “OFF” Roadway locations.
ON ROADWAY CODES (AOI in the driving lanes)
Remember the term “Roadway” in this document means
the 1 st harmful event occurred with at least a portion of a
vehicle being within the driving lanes where traffic is
intended to travel. This applies to codes ‘11’-‘17’.
CODE ‘11’ (1st harm occurs in driving lanes)
Non-intersection accidents do NOT take place at or related to an
intersection, interchange area, toll plaza, driveway or parking lot
access, or on a crossover.
Note: Code ‘11’ does include accidents in or at alleys or at railroad crossings as well as on-street
parking locations. If at or near an alley, do not record the alley as the reference (AT) road, but
rather record the nearest named roadway.
CODE '12' (1st harm occurs in driving lanes)
First Harm occurs inside the intersection boundaries of two public roadways. We refer to it as
“inside the box” (or circle) of the intersection. Be sure to code the corresponding “Intersection
Type”. Recording associated At Road field data are mandatory: Speed limit, Work Zone, Surface
Type & Condition, Number of lanes, etc. This code does not apply to accidents at parking lot or
driveway accesses such as mall or shopping center entrances, alleys, or private driveways (see
Code ‘14’). Exception: If the Mall or other business has a named street(s) intersecting with another
adjacent named street, it would be treated as an intersection.
CODE '13' (1st harm occurs in driving lanes)
Intersection-Related requires a judgment call about the effects of intersections and their traffic
controls upon traffic and accident causation. If the accident is deemed to occur as a result of traffic
slowing or backing up from an intersection (any distance), code the location as '13' (Intersection-
Related). Be sure to code the corresponding “Intersection Type”. Recording associated At
Road field data are optional: Speed limit, Work Zone, Surface Type & Condition, No. of lanes, etc.
CODE ‘14’ (1st harm occurs in driving lanes)
Use code ‘14’ (Parking Lot/Private Driveway Access) for accidents that occur at or related to the
intersection of a roadway and a driveway (e.g. private or public driveway entrance). Do NOT code
these accidents as ‘12’ or ‘13’ unless the accident is a result of the intersection traffic verses
driveway related. If the parking lot access road is not a named street, it is a code ‘14’ regardless of
whether it has traffic control devices or not. Remember that a trafficway extends from property line
to property line, so accidents that occur at the end of a driveway and within the right-of-way of the
street are coded as ‘14’ and state reportable (this includes where a sidewalk crosses a driveway).
Indications of right-of-way lines: power poles, fences, mowing lines, etc.
Exception: If an accident occurs at a driveway/parking lot entrance intersecting a named
street, and opposite the driveway/parking lot entrance there is a named street, the location is
to be coded a ‘12’ (intersection) or ‘13’.
See the diagram on the following page for examples of codes ‘12’, ‘13’, and ‘14’.
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