Topic 7 · Insurance and Financial Responsibility
Is it required to report to police for all property-damage-only accidents?
- Yes, for any accident
- Only if you are at fault
- No, only if there are injuries or death — correct answer
Why
Police reporting is required when someone is injured or killed. Damage-only collisions still need the DMV SR 1 above $1,000. (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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