Accidents: HGV theory test questions

1. At least 10 metres
2. At least 25 metres
3. At least 45 metres ✓
4. At least 100 metres

Answer: At least 45 metres. Place a warning triangle at least 45 metres behind your vehicle on the same side of the road. Never use one on a motorway.

The Highway Code: rule 276

1. Drive on and phone the police later
2. Stop only if someone is injured
3. Stop ✓
4. Leave a note and drive on if you're running late

Answer: Stop. If you're involved in a collision that causes damage or injury to any other person, vehicle, animal or property, you must stop.

The Highway Code: rule 286

1. Within 7 days
2. As soon as possible, and in any case within 24 hours ✓
3. Within 48 hours
4. Only if the police contact you

Answer: As soon as possible, and in any case within 24 hours. You must report it to the police as soon as possible and within 24 hours. You must then produce your insurance certificate within seven days.

The Highway Code: rule 287

1. Keep well away and give the emergency services details of the labels and markings ✓
2. Try to rescue the driver straight away
3. Use your mobile phone right next to the vehicle
4. Move the vehicle to the side of the road

Answer: Keep well away and give the emergency services details of the labels and markings. Keep well away, don't smoke, and call the emergency services with as much information as possible about the vehicle's markings. Don't become a casualty yourself.

The Highway Code: rule 285

1. About 1 centimetre deep, once every 5 seconds
2. About 10 centimetres deep, once a second
3. Gently, about once every 2 seconds
4. Around 5 to 6 centimetres deep, about twice a second ✓

Answer: Around 5 to 6 centimetres deep, about twice a second. Press down hard and fast in the centre of the chest, around 5 to 6 centimetres, about twice a second. Don't stop until help arrives.

The Highway Code: Annex 7

1. About 1 minute
2. At least 2 hours
3. About 5 minutes
4. At least 20 minutes ✓

Answer: At least 20 minutes. Cool a burn for at least 20 minutes with plenty of clean, cool water. Don't try to remove anything stuck to the burn.

The Highway Code: Annex 7

1. Call the emergency services
2. Warn other traffic
3. Remove their helmet unless it's essential ✓
4. Reassure them

Answer: Remove their helmet unless it's essential. Don't remove a motorcyclist's helmet unless it's essential and you're trained to, as this could make an injury worse.

The Highway Code: rule 283

1. Open the engine cover to tackle the fire
2. Get everyone out and away, and call the fire brigade ✓
3. Drive on to find water
4. Pour water directly on the engine

Answer: Get everyone out and away, and call the fire brigade. Get everyone to a safe place and call the fire brigade. Don't try to put out a fire in the engine compartment, because opening it will make the fire flare.

The Highway Code: Annex 6

1. By the door furthest from the traffic, then wait behind the barrier if possible ✓
2. By the door nearest the traffic to place a warning triangle
3. You should stay in the cab with your seat belt on in all cases
4. By any door, then stand behind the vehicle

Answer: By the door furthest from the traffic, then wait behind the barrier if possible. Get out on the side away from traffic if it's safe, and wait well away from the vehicle, behind any safety barrier. Don't place a warning triangle on a motorway.

The Highway Code: rule 277

1. Move the injured out of their vehicles straight away
2. Give casualties something to drink
3. Switch on your hazard warning lights ✓
4. Ask the drivers to switch off their engines ✓

Answer: Switch on your hazard warning lights; Ask the drivers to switch off their engines. Warn other traffic with your hazard lights and ask drivers to switch off their engines to reduce the risk of fire. Don't move casualties unless they're in danger, and don't give them anything to eat or drink.

The Highway Code: rule 283

1. Start chest compressions
2. Sit them upright
3. Place them in the recovery position ✓
4. Give them water

Answer: Place them in the recovery position. If someone is unconscious and breathing, put them in the recovery position until medical help arrives. Keep checking their breathing.

The Highway Code: Annex 7

1. Drive on if the lorry can still move
2. Report it straight away to the railway using the number on the bridge, or call 999 ✓
3. Check the bridge yourself, then carry on
4. Wait until you're back at the depot to report it

Answer: Report it straight away to the railway using the number on the bridge, or call 999. A bridge strike could make the railway unsafe. Report it at once so trains can be stopped and the bridge checked.

The Highway Code: rule 286

1. Remove it only if it's safe to do so ✓
2. Leave it and drive on
3. Stop in the middle of the road to collect it
4. Always wait for the police before touching it

Answer: Remove it only if it's safe to do so. On roads other than motorways and high-speed roads, you should only remove an obstruction if it's safe. Warn other traffic first.

The Highway Code: rule 280

1. The name of the customer you were delivering to
2. The time you started work
3. The tanker's fuel economy
4. Details of the load and its hazard warning plates ✓

Answer: Details of the load and its hazard warning plates. Information about the substance and its hazards helps the emergency services deal with the incident safely.

The Highway Code: rule 285

1. Try to push the lorry clear on your own
2. Wait in the cab for the recovery truck
3. Use the railway telephone, if there is one, to tell the signal operator ✓
4. Stand on the crossing to warn the train

Answer: Use the railway telephone, if there is one, to tell the signal operator. Get clear first, then use a railway telephone if one is available and follow the signal operator's instructions.

The Highway Code: rule 299