(a) The department will classify motor vehicle crashes by the standards established in the following manuals available through the department web site at www.txdot.gov:
- (1) the Manual on Classification of Motor Vehicle and Traffic Accidents as adopted by the American Standards Institute, Inc.; and
- (2) the Minimum Model Uniform Crash Criteria (MMUCC) Guideline.
- (b) For department reporting purposes, only a death caused by the crash that occurs within 30 days after the motor vehicle crash will be counted as a motor vehicle traffic crash fatality.
- (c) A crash report must be submitted by the last business day of June of the year following the year in which the crash occurs, so that it may be entered into the crash record data base and included in the final year end statistical analysis for the year in which the crash occurred.
Source Note:The provisions of this §25.975 adopted to be effective October 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 8558.