V00-V99
Transport accidents
ICD-10 code V00-V99 for Transport accidents
Note: This section is structured in 12 groups. Those relating to land transport accidents (V01-V89) reflect the victim's mode
of transport and are subdivided to identify the victim's 'counterpart' or the type of event. The vehicle of which the
injured person is an occupant is identified in the first two characters since it is seen as the most important factor to
identify for prevention purposes. A transport accident is one in which the vehicle involved must be moving or running
or in use for transport purposes at the time of the accident.
Use additional code to identify:
Airbag injury (W22.1)
Type of street or road (Y92.4-)
Use of cellular telephone and other electronic equipment at the time of the transport accident (Y93.C-)
Excludes1: agricultural vehicles in stationary use or maintenance (W31.-)
assault by crashing of motor vehicle (Y03.-)
automobile or motor cycle in stationary use or maintenance- code to type of accident
crashing of motor vehicle, undetermined intent (Y32)
intentional self-harm by crashing of motor vehicle (X82)
Excludes2: transport accidents due to cataclysm (X34-X38)
Note: Definitions of transport vehicles:
(a) A transport accident is any accident involving a device designed primarily for, or used at the time primarily for,
conveying persons or good from one place to another.
(b) A public highway [trafficway] or street is the entire width between property lines (or other boundary lines) of
land open to the public as a matter of right or custom for purposes of moving persons or property from one place to
another. A roadway is that part of the public highway designed, improved and customarily used for vehicular traffic.
(c) A traffic accident is any vehicle accident occurring on the public highway [i.e. originating on, terminating on, or
involving a vehicle partially on the highway]. A vehicle accident is assumed to have occurred on the public highway
unless another place is specified, except in the case of accidents involving only off-road motor vehicles, which are
classified as nontraffic accidents unless the contrary is stated.
(d) A nontraffic accident is any vehicle accident that occurs entirely in any place other than a public highway.
(e) A pedestrian is any person involved in an accident who was not at the time of the accident riding in or on a motor
vehicle, railway train, streetcar or animal-drawn or other vehicle, or on a pedal cycle or animal. This includes, a
person changing a tire or working on a parked car. It also includes the use of a pedestrian conveyance such as a
baby carriage, ice-skates, roller skates, a skateboard, nonmotorized or motorized wheelchair, motorized mobility
scooter, or nonmotorized scooter.
(f) A driver is an occupant of a transport vehicle who is operating or intending to operate it.
(g) A passenger is any occupant of a transport vehicle other than the driver, except a person traveling on the outside
of the vehicle.
(h) A person on the outside of a vehicle is any person being transported by a vehicle but not occupying the space
normally reserved for the driver or passengers, or the space intended for the transport of property. This includes the
body, bumper, fender, roof, running board or step of a vehicle.
(i) A pedal cycle is any land transport vehicle operated solely by nonmotorized pedals including a bicycle or tricycle.
(j) A pedal cyclist is any person riding a pedal cycle or in a sidecar or trailer attached to a pedal cycle.
(k) A motorcycle is a two-wheeled motor vehicle with one or two riding saddles and sometimes with a third wheel for
the support of a sidecar. The sidecar is considered part of the motorcycle.
(l) A motorcycle rider is any person riding a motorcycle or in a sidecar or trailer attached to the motorcycle.
(m) A three-wheeled motor vehicle is a motorized tricycle designed primarily for on-road use. This includes a motordriven tricycle, a motorized rickshaw, or a three-wheeled motor car.
(n) A car [automobile] is a four-wheeled motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying up to 7 persons. A trailer being
towed by the car is considered part of the car.
(o) A pick-up truck or van is a four or six-wheeled motor vehicle designed for carrying passengers as well as property
or cargo weighing less than the local limit for classification as a heavy goods vehicle, and not requiring a special
driver's license. This includes a minivan and a sport-utility vehicle (SUV).
(p) A heavy transport vehicle is a motor vehicle designed primarily for carrying property, meeting local criteria for
classification as a heavy goods vehicle in terms of weight and requiring a special driver's license.
(q) A bus (coach) is a motor vehicle designed or adapted primarily for carrying more than 10 passengers, and
requiring a special driver's license.
(r) A railway train or railway vehicle is any device, with or without freight or passenger cars couple to it, designed for
traffic on a railway track. This includes subterranean (subways) or elevated trains.
(s) A streetcar, is a device designed and used primarily for transporting passengers within a municipality, running on
rails, usually subject to normal traffic control signals, and operated principally on a right-of-way that forms part of the
roadway. This includes a tram or trolley that runs on rails. A trailer being towed by a streetcar is considered part of
the streetcar.
(t) A special vehicle mainly used on industrial premises is a motor vehicle designed primarily for use within the
buildings and premises of industrial or commercial establishments. This includes battery-powered trucks, forklifts,
coal-cars in a coal mine, logging cars and trucks used in mines or quarries.
(u) A special vehicle mainly used in agriculture is a motor vehicle designed specifically for use in farming and
agriculture (horticulture), to work the land, tend and harvest crops and transport materials on the farm. This includes
harvesters, farm machinery and tractor and trailers.
(v) A special construction vehicle is a motor vehicle designed specifically for use on construction and demolition
sites. This includes bulldozers, diggers, earth levellers, dump trucks. backhoes, front-end loaders, pavers, and
mechanical shovels.
(w) A special all-terrain vehicle is a motor vehicle of special design to enable it to negotiate over rough or soft
terrain , snow or sand. This includes snow mobiles, All-terrain vehicles (ATV), and dune buggies. It does not include
passenger vehicle designated as Sport Utility Vehicles. (SUV)
(x) A watercraft is any device designed for transporting passengers or goods on water. This includes motor or sail
boats, ships, and hovercraft.
(y) An aircraft is any device for transporting passengers or goods in the air. This includes hot-air balloons, gliders,
helicopters and airplanes.
(z) A military vehicle is any motorized vehicle operating on a public roadway owned by the military and being
operated by a member of the military.
ICD-10 International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems 10th Revision