VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT
Last Revision: 03/25/2024

VEHICLE ACCIDENT REPORT

Form Instructions

  1. Select or enter the date of the accident
  2. Record the actual time of the accident. If actual time is not known, then record the approximate time
  3. Enter the place of the accident including street, roads, and highway names or nearest address and include city/town and state
  4. University Driver Information:

  5. Enter the name of the University driver
  6. Enter the age of the University driver
  7. Enter the home address of the University driver
  8. Enter the department name and office address of the University driver
  9. Enter the office telephone number of the University driver
  10. Enter the PSU email address of the University driver
  11. University Automobile Information:

  12. Enter the model year of the University vehicle
  13. Enter the make of the University vehicle
  14. Enter the model of the University vehicle
  15. Enter the license plate number from the University vehicle
  16. Enter the PSU or Penn State Health Vehicle #
  17. Enter the University vehicle VIN #
  18. Enter a description of the damages to the University vehicle. If additional space is required, attach a separate page
  19. Other Driver's Automobile Information

  20. Enter the full name of the other driver
  21. Enter the other drivers complete mailing address
  22. Enter the telephone number, including area code, of the other driver
  23. Enter the email address of the other driver
  24. The following information may be obtained from the "Owner Card"

  25. Enter the model year of the other vehicle
  26. Enter the make of the other vehicle
  27. Enter the model of the other vehicle
  28. Enter the license plate number of the other vehicle
  29. Enter the VIN # of the other vehicle
  30. Enter the other vehicle owner's name (this may be different than the driver's name)
  31. Enter the telephone number, including area code, of the vehicle's owner
  32. Enter the complete mailing address of the vehicle owner
  33. Collect the following information from the insurance card. Failure to do so may affect your area's deductible reimbursement. If the "other driver" cannot produce their insurance information, call the police. They may be driving without insurance.

  34. Enter the owner's insurance company name and policy number
  35. Enter a description of the damages to the other vehicle. If additional space is required, attach a separate page
  36. Enter the name of the investigating police officer
  37. Enter the police officer's badge number
  38. Enter the name of the responding police department
  39. Enter the Supervisor/Department Head Name
  40. Enter the name of the University driver
  41. Description of Accident

  42. Select the weather conditions (check all that apply). Options include sunny, cloudy, raining, snowing, freezing rain
  43. Select the road conditions (check all that apply). Options include wet, dry, snow covered, icy, road obstruction, road construction
  44. Enter in words a description of the accident. Include traffic controls, direction (north, south, east, and west), impact points and estimate the speed of the vehicles involved. PSU car is always car #1
  45. Draw pictures a description of the accident. Include traffic controls, direction (north, south, east, and west), impact points and estimate the speed of the vehicles involved
  46. Persons Injured - If more than two people are injured, collect the following information and include on a separate document.

  47. Enter the name of the first injured person
  48. Enter the complete mailing address of the first injured person
  49. Enter the name of the second injured person
  50. Enter the complete mailing address of the second injured person
  51. Property Damages:

  52. Enter the complete address of property damages and describe the damages (i.e., streetlight, mailbox, tree, or guardrail, etc.)
  53. Witness Information, including passengers (if more than 2 witnesses, complete all information on a separate document and submit):

  54. Enter the name of the first witness
  55. Enter the complete mailing address of the first witness
  56. Enter the name of the second witness
  57. Enter the complete mailing address of the second witness
  58. Student Information:

  59. Enter the name of student if a student was the University driver (including graduate assistant or wage payroll)
  60. Signatures:

  61. The Supervisor must provide either a hand-written signature or provide their digital ID
  62. If the Supervisor provided a hand-written signature, enter the date the form was signed. If a digital ID provided, skip this field
  63. The driver must provide either a hand-written signature or provide their digital ID
  64. If the driver provided a hand-written signature, enter the date the form was signed. If a digital ID provided, skip this field
  65. If driver is a student, the student must provide either a hand-written signature or provide their digital ID
  66. If the student provided a hand-written signature, enter the date the form was signed. If a digital ID provided, skip this field.
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