In the scenario where a vehicle hits a tree after a tire blowout, and later another vehicle hits the pedestrian driver, how many crashes occurred?

• A. Two crashes because there was stabilization after vehicle 1 hit the tree, then another after vehicle 2 hit the pedestrian driver
• B. One crash because there was only one point of impact
• C. Three crashes
• D. No crashes occurred

Answer: (A)

Two crashes occur. The first is the vehicle hitting a tree after the tire blowout—an impact between a vehicle and a fixed object. After the scene stabilizes, a second crash happens when another vehicle strikes the pedestrian driver. Each separate impact counts as its own crash, so there are two total. It isn’t one because there are two distinct impact events, not three, and certainly not none.