1. (a) A law enforcement officer who investigates a motor vehicle crash shall submit a crash record report within 10 days of the accident on a form prescribed by the department if the crash resulted in:

   1. (1) injury to or death of a person;
   2. (2) $1000 or more of property damage to the property of any one person.

2. (b) The crash record report form must include:

   1. (1) information about the crash;
   2. (2) information about all vehicles involved in the crash;
   3. (3) information about each person involved in the crash; and
   4. (4) other factors necessary for the department to comply with state and federal reporting requirements.
3. (c) The department has developed Form CR-3, Texas Peace Officer's Crash Report, to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) of this section.
4. (d) The department also has developed Form CR-3 Alternate, Texas Peace Officer's Alternate Crash Report, to satisfy the requirements of subsection (b) of this section and provide an alternate format that the investigating officer or the officer's law enforcement agency may choose for reporting the required information.
5. (e) The forms are available through the department's website at www.txdot.gov.
6. (f) Incomplete or inaccurate crash reports, with the exception of location information as described in §25.974(b) of this subchapter (relating to Officer Accident Report Modifications), will be returned to the originating law enforcement agency for correction.

Source Note:The provisions of this §25.977 adopted to be effective October 16, 2008, 33 TexReg 8558; amended to be effective November 19, 2009, 34 TexReg 8045; amended to be effective June 16, 2011, 36 TexReg 3603; amended to be effective December 12, 2013, 38 TexReg 8928.