AGENCY: Orem (Utah). Department of Public Safety

SERIES: 22017
TITLE: Traffic accident reports
DATES: 1993-
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological, there under numerical by report number

DESCRIPTION: A reportable accident is one that sustains substantial damage excededing $1,000 or includes personal injury or death. It includes all of the details pertaining to the accident such as names, places, kinds of vechicles, eye witness accounts, case number, date, time, estimated speed, and all circumstances leading up to the accident. The orginal copy is sent to the State Department of Public Safety where it is maintained for seven years. A non-reportable accident report is one that results in less than $1,000 in damages but contains all of the information of the above report. This report is kept in the office for administrative and informational purposes. This file consists of the Drivers Statement, Witness Account of Accident, and Accident Report Log records.

RETENTION

Retain for 5 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 3 years and then transfer to Agency Record Center. Retain in Agency Record Center for 2 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Exempt. UCA 41-6-42 (2008)

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