Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
How soon must you report an accident to law enforcement if injuries occurred but police did not respond?
- Immediately
- Within 24 hours — correct answer
- Within 10 days
Why
Within 24 hours, if anyone was injured or killed and officers did not attend the scene. (Handbook, Section 10.)
Practise this in the real format
Reading one answer is not the same as sitting the test. The simulator runs the first-time adult form: 36 questions, 6 mistakes allowed, 83% to pass.
Source: California Driver's Handbook (DL 600, rev. 6/2025), the document the DMV writes the real test from. Edited by Fernando Aguilera. Aprobify is not affiliated with the California DMV.
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