KANSAS MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT CODING MANUAL

DEFINITIONS / CLARIFICATIONS
Examples:
1. A vehicle changes lanes into the path of another vehicle (without making contact) causing an
accident. The vehicle changing lanes is a non-contact vehicle.
2. A school bus is stopped on the roadway picking up or discharging pupils and one of the pupils is
struck without the school bus being struck. The school bus is a non-contact vehicle.
3. A pedestrian darts into the roadway causing a motor vehicle to stop suddenly without striking the
pedestrian. A following vehicle swerves to avoid the stopped vehicle and collides with a fixed
object. The first vehicle is a non-contact vehicle.
OTHER BUS: An “other bus” is any bus used for transportation purposes other than school bus,
transit bus, intercity bus, or charter bus.
Inclusions:
— Private companies providing transportation services for their own employees and others (hotel
shuttles, etc.).
— Non-governmental organizations (such as churches and non-profit groups).
— Non-educational units of government (such as departments of corrections).
OVERTURN/ROLLOVER: Includes vehicles rotating at least a ¼ turn (motorcycles included if
damaged or riders injured)
PERSONAL CONVEYANCE: A personal conveyance is a device, other than a transport device, used
by a pedestrian for personal mobility assistance or recreation. These devices can be motorized or
human powered, but not propelled by pedaling.
Personal Conveyance Inclusions:
o Rideable toys
o Roller skates or incline skates
o Skateboards
o Roller blades
o Baby Carriage
o Scooters
o Toy Wagons
o Motorized rideable toys
o Motorized skateboard
o Motorized toy car
o Sidewalk scooters
o Devices for personal mobility assistance
o Segway-style devices
o Motorized/non-motorized wheelchairs
o Handicapped scooters
Personal Conveyance Exclusions:
o Golf cart
o Low Speed Vehicles (LSVs)
o Go-carts
o Mini-bike
o "Pocket" motorcycles
o Motor scooters
o Any registered or “tagged” vehicle
RIDING ROUTE: A riding route is a highway that rides on another highway with a higher designation.
Example – U040 rides on I070 from Oakley to Topeka; I070 is the “carrying route” and U040 is the
“riding route”, because Interstate routes “carry” U and K routes. Further, lower numbered routes of the
same type “carry” higher numbered routes (e.g. U160 and U183).
SEMI-TRAILER: A semitrailer is a trailer, other than a pole trailer, designed for carrying property and
so constructed that part of its weight rests upon or is carried by the towing road vehicle.
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