KANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT CODING MANUAL

Example: V1 was NB on Mosquito Rd when it struck a guardrail and went through ditch and
struck tree
Sample coding: AC-FHE = 08 AND AC-MHE = 08; the CWOV-FHE = 09 (guardrail) and MHE
= 20 (tree)
Fixed Object (‘08’): An accident in which the First Harmful Event is the striking of a fixed object
by a vehicle in-transport. Fixed objects include the objects shown on the form such as guardrail,
bridge railing or abutments, impact attenuators, trees, embedded rocks, utility poles, ditches,
steep earth or rock slopes, culverts, fences and buildings. The key word is FIXED, implying
immovable.
Other Object (‘09’): Other Object collisions are not included in any other category of collision
type. They include collisions with parts of a motor vehicle or its cargo which have come loose
and are motionless in the roadway and collisions with dead bodies (animal or human).
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Examples :
1) Engine block in roadway
2) Furniture in the roadway
3) Deceased deer laying in the road
4) Deceased pedestrian laying in the road
ACCIDENT CLASS MOST HARMFUL EVENT (MHE)
Accidents also must be classified according to the Most Harmful Event (MHE). Though the Most
Harmful Event (MHE) can be open to debate, a determination is required. To the best of your ability,
indicate the Accident Class MHE that best represents the evidence and witness information
gathered. Generally speaking, personal injury should be weighed above property damage.
In many cases, the FHE and MHE will be the same.
Examples:
V1 was NB on Main when EB V2 ran a red light
striking V1 in the front and then V2 struck P3
Sample coding: AC-FHE = 03, AC-MHE = 02
V1 was WB on Spruce when EB V2 went left of
center striking V1 head on
Sample coding: AC-FHE = 03, AC-MHE = 03
Note: for coding unique / strange accident situations,
refer to ‘Unusual Accident Coding Situations (see
pages 74-77)
http://www.ksdot.org/burtransplan/prodinfo/PDF/Accide
ntDataFAQs.pdf.
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