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Page 1 contains Crash Specific Date, Roadway Location Information, Contributing Factors and Conditions, and the Name of the Investigating Police Department and Emergency Services Information.

At the top of page 1, there are Data Entry Boxes for Work Zone, Hit and Run, Public Property Damage, Photos Made, RR Train Involved, Fatality, Pedestrian, and Injury. At the bottom of the page, there are Data Entry Boxes for Ambulance and Rescue Unit. If these are marked with an “X”, that means “Yes”, otherwise they are not marked.

All of the other boxes are marked “Y” for Yes or “N” for No.

Contributing Factors and Conditions “Primary Factor” and “Secondary Factor” Section includes Violations, Movement Prior to Crash, Vision Obscurement, Condition of Driver, Vehicle Conditions, Road Surface, Roadway Condition, Lighting, Weather, Traffic Control Kind of Location, Condition of Pedestrian, and Pedestrian Action.

Vehicle Configuration is also a part of Page 1 and provides a key for the investigating officer uses to describe each vehicle involved, such as Passenger Car, Bus, Truck, Tractor Semi-Trailer, Light Truck, Motorcycle, Bus, Van, School Bus, SUV, etc. The appropriate corresponding letter from each key is used to describe the vehicle on the Vehicle/Pedestrian page(s). Lavis Law Firm – Personal Injury & Accident Attorney has experience in handling accidents involving all of these vehicle types.

Emergency Services Section is used to describe the ambulance services used, for example, New Orleans EMS or Acadian Ambulance, and provides sections for Time Called, Arrived at Scene, Departed Scene, and Arrived Hospital. Many patients are taken to University Medical Center New Orleans, a Level I trauma center. Level I Trauma Center is capable of providing total care for every aspect of injury – from prevention through rehabilitation.

The investigating officer signs and the Supervising officer initials at the bottom of page 1.