32 CFR § 634.28 - Traffic accident investigation.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t32/s634.28"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "32 CFR § 634.28 - Traffic accident investigation."
title_number: 32
title_name: "National Defense"
section_number: "634.28"
section_name: "Traffic accident investigation."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS"
part_number: "634"
part_name: "MOTOR VEHICLE TRAFFIC SUPERVISION"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "10 U.S.C. 30112(g); 5 U.S.C. 2951; Pub. L. 89-564; 89-670; 91-605; and 93-87."
regulatory_source: "70 FR 18969, Apr. 12, 2005, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "634"
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# 634.28 Traffic accident investigation.

Installation law enforcement personnel must make detailed investigations of accidents described in this section:

(a) Accidents involving Government vehicles or Government property on the installation involving a fatality, personal injury, or estimated property damage in the amount established by separate Service/DLA policy. (Minimum damage limits are: Army, $1,000; Air Force, as specified by the installation commander; Navy and Marine Corps, $500.) The installation motor pool will provide current estimates of the cost of repairs. Investigations of off-installation accidents involving Government vehicles will be made in cooperation with the civilian law enforcement agency.

(b) POV accidents on the installation involving a fatality, personal injury, or when a POV is inoperable as a result of an accident.

(c) Any accident prescribed within a SOFA agreement.