How to report a DOT reportable accident?

It is NOT your responsibility to report it to anyone but your company.

 

A blown tire is not a reportable accident....ie road hazard.....but.....when you moved the vehicle it became you/the companies responsibility for the debris that caused the problems....you said it when you said you should have refused to move the vehicle citing safety concerns...but we all live and learn.

 

the companies problem..let them handle it...you did as you were instructed.

 

And if you did not get a ticket it's not DOT reportable. It has to be both a tow and a ticket (there are a couple more reasons it must be reported but a tow alone is not one.)

-Steven

 

It will only show on CSA if a ticket was issued by a CVSA certified LEO via a roadside inspection. No inspection certificate = no CSA points.

Next:

DOT has no jurisdiction over DAC/hireright. That's a company thing. If a ticket was issued by a non-CVSA LEO, it would go on your MVR, or criminal record/NCIC depending on the severety of the accident and what caused it. Not DAC or CSA.

 

390.5 Fatality,injury or tow. Doesn't have to have a ticket issued. The responding agency will report it to DOT and the carrier must enter it in their accident file. Driver/OO doesn't have to do anything.

 

As hard as this may be to believe, but some people believe in doing the right thing.

 

To the OP:

Contact the agency who responded to your accident, and inquire about DOT reportables. The agency is responsible for reporting to the DOT, you are not.

 

If this happened back in april (if it was reported)it is already on your carriers crash record. Look it up and see if it's there.

 

My experience monitoring accidents and inspections is that a large number of accidents do not make it to the FMCSA.

On the other hand stupid stuff [wild turkey taking out both windshields] will get reported and then u need Data Q to get it removed!

General clarification to the posters arguing about tow/injury and a ticket defining a recordable accident; the ticket is the determining factor over sending the driver for post accident drug and alcohol testing.

Recordable is 1. Fatal, 2. Injury requiring immediate treatment away from the scene, 3. damage requiring any vehicle to be towed from the scene.

DOT guideance specifies that damage that could have been corrected at the scene, such as flat tires, etc. is not recordable should they motorist decide to tow it away.

I think the classic example is busted headlamps and it is getting dark so you elected to get towed instead of making repairs.