Trans 100.02(9)(9) “Legally parked” means a vehicle which is parked under ss. 346.03 (2) (a) or 346.51 to s. 346.54, Stats., or is indicated in writing to be legally parked at the time of the accident by the investigating law enforcement agency or the operators of other vehicles involved in the accident. A vehicle parked with doors or any part of a load extending into an adjoining space intended for vehicular travel may not be considered “legally parked.” Trans 100.02(10)(10) “Licensee” means a person to whom the department has granted an operator’s license. Trans 100.02(13)(13) “Report” means an accident report received on an approved form or one received in an automated format approved by the department. Trans 100.02 NoteNote: Forms MV 4000—Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Accident Report, MV 4002 Driver Report of Accident and MV 4004, Report Supplement, are available from the DOT Traffic Accident Section, P.O. Box 7919, Madison, WI 53707-7919.
Trans 100.02(14)(14) “Winter highway maintenance worker” means a person involved in the types of winter highway maintenance described in s. 343.23 (2) (a) 2., Stats. Trans 100.02 HistoryHistory: Cr. Register, October, 1985, No. 358, eff. 11-1-85; am. (intro.), (1), (3), r. (2), r. and recr. (5), (6), renum. (7) to be (9) and am. (9), cr. (7), (8), Register, April, 1994, No. 460, eff. 5-1-94; CR 01-156: am. (intro.) and (1), cr. (2), (4), (4m), (5), (6), (8), (12) and (14), r. and recr. (3) and (7), renum. (4) to be (9), (6) to be (11), (8) to be (13) and am., renum. (5) to be (10), r. (9) Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05; CR 10-070: cr. (11m), (12m), and (13m) Register November 2010 No. 659, eff. 12-1-10; corrections in (4m) and (6) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2010 No. 659; CR 11-043: am. (11m), (12m), (13m) Register May 2013 No. 689, eff. 6-1-13. Trans 100.025(1)(1) A vehicle or person shall be considered to have been involved in an accident if any of the following conditions are met: Trans 100.025(1)(b)(b) The person or the vehicle’s operator commits some act that contributes to cause an accident, regardless of physical contact. Trans 100.025(1)(d)(d) The vehicle makes contact with any other person or property and causes damage. Trans 100.025(1)(e)(e) The vehicle is damaged by a failure of a mechanical or electrical system resulting in fire or accident when it is in use primarily for moving persons or property, including the vehicle itself, from one place to another and is in motion, or in readiness for motion, and is unattended and not legally parked in a designated parking area. Trans 100.025(1)(f)(f) Property, parts or debris falls from the vehicle and causes an accident. Trans 100.025(1)(g)(g) A vehicle contacts or avoids debris or property on a roadway that has fallen from another vehicle or is not ordinarily found in a roadway, and causes an accident. Trans 100.025(1)(h)(h) The vehicle moves without an operator controlling its movements and causes an accident. Trans 100.025(1)(i)(i) One or more doors or any part of the load of a parked vehicle extends into an adjoining space intended for vehicular travel and an accident occurs as a result of that extension. Trans 100.025 NoteNote: Accidents may be the result of “acts of God,” or negligence or intentional acts. s. Trans 100.02 (1). Trans 100.025(2)(2) Except as provided in sub. (1) (i), the operator of a vehicle shall be considered to not have been involved in an accident if the vehicle was legally parked at the time of any damage to the vehicle. Trans 100.025 HistoryHistory: CR 01-156: cr. Register October 2005 No. 598, eff. 11-1-05. Trans 100.03(1)(1) In this section, “reportable” refers to an accident in which the minimum damage requirements of s. 346.70, Stats., are met or exceeded, and for which reporting the accident is mandatory under that section, or an accident to which the safety responsibility law applies under s. 344.12, Stats. Trans 100.03 NoteNote: Section 346.66, Stats., makes the accident reporting requirements of s. 346.70, Stats., applicable only as follows: