Topic 8 · Emergencies and Unforeseen Situations
When must you file an accident report with the DMV?
- Only if the police tell you
- Never
- Within 10 days of a crash with injury, death, or over $1000 damage — correct answer
Why
Within 10 days whenever anyone is injured or killed, or damage exceeds $1,000. (Handbook, Section 10 — Reporting a Collision.)
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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